Thursday, December 30, 2010

giveaway: brooklyn story

Thanks to Gallery Books I have one giveaway copy of Suzanne Corso's Brooklyn Story.

Here's my review. Publishers Weekly said:
"Tony Manero wouldn't be out of place in this competent coming-of-age debut set in 1978 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, where Samantha Bonti longs to make it in the big time across the East River. With her Smith-Corona, ambition, good looks, and little else--Sam's Jewish mom's a bitter, drunken mess on welfare, her Italian dad's long gone--the 15-year-old negotiates the shady world of the "Brooklyn Boys" and what it means to be the girlfriend of mob acolyte Tony Kroon. "All ya need is me," he ominously insists. Corso gets the Brooklyn dialect pitch-perfect and keeps the pace brisk, and though the narration too often reads like stage notes, the universal story of longing, loyalty, and growing up rings true."

The rules: Enter by leaving a comment to this post with your email (if I can't contact you, you can't win). You can gain additional entries by leaving separate comments letting me know that you're a follower (one extra each for the blog and Twitter) or have posted a link to the giveaway on your site. The deadline to enter is 11:59pm Pacific on January 15. Winners will be selected at random. Since this is from Gallery Books the winners must have mailing addresses in the US; PO Boxes are ok.

18 comments:

  1. This sounds interesting. I like books with dialect too! Please enter me!

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  2. This book would be a different world for me!

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  4. I would love to read Brooklyn Story :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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  5. I would love to read this Thanks for the chance to win
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  6. I'm so excited to enter this giveaway and see what others you come up with in the future. Your blog is right up my alley. Thanks so much. I am entering these and going to see what else you have going on here. Love, love, love books. Lol.

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  9. It looks like an interesting story.
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  10. I am a follower.
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  11. please count me in ... thanks :)

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  12. I would like to win. Thank you!

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  13. It looks interesting, thanks for the info and chance to win.
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  14. This sounds like an excellent read! Please enter me, thanks.

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