Complements of the Hachette Group, I am hosting another book raffle. This time you have a chance to win a copy of Made in the USA, by Billie Letts. She also wrote Where the Heart Is, one of my personal favorites.
This is the promotional summary from the Hachette Group website:
The bestselling author of WHERE THE HEART IS returns with a heartrending tale of two children in search of a place to call home.
Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Lutie lives in the god-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with her twelve-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind.
MADE IN THE U.S.A. is the alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.
Rules: Five books will be raffled off in a random drawing. The contest will end at 7:00PM on May 25th...my birthday. You must have have a US address and no PO Box to win. Celebrate again with me and win this moving novel. Yippee!!! All you have to do is make sure you are following my blog and leave a comment. The comment must include why you want to read this book to satisfy my curiosity. Good luck to everyone. :)
I'd like to read this one because I enjoyed Letts' Where the Heart Is. I'd like to read more of her work.
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Where the Heart Is is one of my absolute faves. LOVEd it!!!
ReplyDeleteI have Where the Heart Is in my TBR. I need to read this one too. Great review ;O)
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I want to read this book because I love Billie Letts!
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ReplyDeleteCan I be included if it is an international comp. I would love to read it as firstly it is set in America and i just love books that are set there. Secondly, just loving the title and the cover.Finally, the story sounds really interesting and comes highly recommended by half the book blogging world!
I read your blog on RSS.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!
I want this book because it seems like a quintessential book to read on a summer afternoon on my porch with a glass of iced tea in my hand.
sounds like a wonderful book to read this summer - please count me in
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I want to read this book because I love Bille Letts' Where the Heart Is. I have read it many times. I folow yout blog. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved Where the Heart Is, so I would love to read this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com
I follow your blog. I loved Where the Heart is as well and would love to see if this book was just as good. Thank you!
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i loved where the heart is. i would love to add this to my summer reading
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No need to enter me in the giveaway as I've already got a copy but I just had to say, we share the same birthday!! So I'll be celebrating and thinking of you too :)
ReplyDeleteI'm now following you and I'd love a chance to win this book. I have read everything else Billie Letts has written. Been waiting for something new!
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I'd love to read this book so I can see if they find their father and if their expectations of him were correct. I'm a follower of your blog, too. Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteLisa
HAPPY BIRTHDAY mine is this month also great pics and good books
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read this book because I've heard so many great things about it. I've never read anything by Billie Letts before, so I figured I could start now. I'm a new follower :)
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An early Happy Birthday!!! I would like to read this book, because I have never read a Billie Letts book. But I have heard a lot about them and know I would love them. Thanks for having this giveaway.
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Please count me in :) I would l♥ve to read this! tryingtostaycalm@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI would be so happy to be included in your giveaway for Billie Letts book. I think I would enjoy it. I loved her book "Where the Heart Is".
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I follow. I would love to read this it sounds like a fantastic book! I loved reading Where the Heart Is and the movie too. So you know it has to be a great book! Thanks jacquecurl1@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBillie Letts is one of my favorite authors. This book is on my wish list right now. I'd love to win a copy. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Please enter my name in your wonderful draw!
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P.S. Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
ReplyDeleteI read WHERE THE HEART IS and loved it! That's why I want to read this book too!
I'm a follower.
Carol M
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I've seen this book around enough that it's piqued my interest (thanks to Hachette and their giveaways)! Hope you have a happy birthday.
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