Thursday, March 21, 2013

giveaway: when she was gone

Thanks to Simon & Schuster you have the chance to win a copy of Gwendolen Gross's fifth novel, When She Was Gone!  One US resident will win.

Here's the publisher description:
"What happened to Linsey Hart? When the Cornell-bound teenager disappears into the steamy blue of a late-summer morning, her quiet neighborhood is left to pick apart the threads of their own lives and assumptions.
 
Linsey’s neighbors are just ordinary people—but even ordinary people can keep terrible secrets hidden close. There’s Linsey’s mother, Abigail, whose door-to-door searching makes her social-outcast status painfully obvious; Mr. Leonard, the quiet, retired piano teacher with insomnia, who saw Linsey leave; Reeva, the queen bee of a clique of mothers, now obsessed with a secret interest; Timmy, Linsey’s lovelorn ex-boyfriend; and George, an eleven-year-old loner who is determined to find out what happened to his missing neighbor.

As the days of Linsey’s absence tick by, dread and hope threaten to tear a community apart. This luminous new novel by the acclaimed author of The Orphan Sister explores coming of age in the shadows of a suburban life, and what is revealed when the light suddenly shines in..."


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 April 6. Winner will be selected at random and must have a mailing address in the US.

10 comments:

  1. This book sounds great -- thanks :)
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  4. I would love to read this book—thanks for the opportunity to win a copy!

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  7. I keep meaning to read Gwendolen Gross! Thanks for the giveaway. lauriec AT baystatera DOT com

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  9. I REALLY want to read this book! It's been on my list.

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