Friday, April 10, 2009

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson - Giveaway!


Lauren Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother keep family skeletons in the closet or sewing her acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister, Thalia, is her opposite, an impoverished actress who prides herself on exposing the lurid truths lurking behind middle class niceties.While Laurel's life seems neatly on track-- a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, a lovely suburban home-- everything she holds dear is threatened the night she is visited by the ghost of her 13-year-old neighbor Molly. The ghost leads Laurel to the real Molly, floating lifelessly in the Hawthorne's backyard pool. Molly's death is an unseemly mystery that no one in her whitewashed neighborhood is up to solving. Laurel enlists Thalia's help, even though she knows it comes with a high price tag.Together, they set out on a life-altering journey that triggers startling revelations about their family's haunted past, the true state of Laurel's marriage, and the girl who stopped swimming.

Hatchette is letting me give away 5 copies!

Entering is easy! Just leave a comment, along with your email address.
USA and Canada Only
No PO Boxes

I will take entries up through May 1st, and announce the Winners on May 2nd.
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53 comments:

  1. KRApril 10, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    I hate being first!!! Please count me in!!

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  2. theblueroseApril 10, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    Enter me please.

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  3. JennaApril 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    I'd love to be entered!

    Jenna
    jennapomme@yahoo.com

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  4. Missy B.April 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM

    Please include me in the giveaway! Happy Easter!

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  5. UnknownApril 11, 2009 at 3:25 AM

    Hi Wendy!

    Please enter me, the book sounds great!

    Dottie
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  6. BridgetApril 11, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    Just posted this on Win A Book.

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  7. Debs DeskApril 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Debbie
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  8. Sage RavenwoodApril 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    I've been wanting to read this book. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks! Indigo

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  9. VanessaApril 11, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    I would really like to read this book. Please count me in.

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  10. AmandaApril 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    Please enter me, too! amandagignac [at] gmail [dot] dom.

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  11. LuAnnApril 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    Add my name to the list, please!
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  12. UnknownApril 11, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    Please enter me! I'm crossing my fingers!!

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  13. LeaApril 11, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    Hi Wendy!

    Thank you for the giveaway!! Please count me in.

    Best Regards
    L

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  14. AnonymousApril 11, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    I've been desperate to read this since I first heard about it, but unfortunately have no book buying budget until likely October. So PLEASE enter me. Thanks!

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  15. Annie1April 11, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    Thanks for another great book giveaway!



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  16. AmberApril 11, 2009 at 9:47 PM

    Please enter me!
    Thanks for the giveaway :)
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  17. UnknownApril 12, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    This book really intrigues me! Thanks for the chance to read it.
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  18. Dawn M.April 12, 2009 at 2:51 AM

    This sounds like a great spooky story. Please enter me. :0)

    Thanks!
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  19. Kitten22April 12, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    This looks great! Please enter me!

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  20. bevsclarkApril 12, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    Sounds like a great and interesting read. Please count me in.

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  21. allisonmariecatApril 12, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Please enter me!

    Cheers,
    Allison
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  22. IreneApril 13, 2009 at 9:47 AM

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  23. Kim~madeinadayApril 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    I wanta win!!!

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  24. MarieApril 13, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    I'd love to win this book. Please enter me. Thanks.

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  25. CherylS22April 13, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    Looks like a good book - please count me in!

    Thanks,
    Cheryl
    megalon22[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  26. Wendy aka MisswendikiApril 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    Sounds like a great read! Count me in to win!

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  27. AmyApril 14, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    I'd love to read this!
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  28. sharon54220April 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    I would definitely like to win & read this book. Please enter me.
    Thanks

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  29. UnknownApril 14, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    Sounds like an interesting book. Please enter me in the drawing.
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    Thanks!!

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  30. Ellie WrightApril 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me.

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  31. AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    I started reading the library's copy this week - would love to have a copy for my keeper shelf.

    Valerie
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  32. MarieApril 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    I would love to read this!

    marielay@gmail.com

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  33. DeidraApril 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    I'd love to enter this contest! My address is deidramacleod AT yahoo DOT com.

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  34. tina wernerApril 17, 2009 at 8:39 AM

    thanks for the chance to win!
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  35. Gwendolyn B.April 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Really, really, really want to read this book. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
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  36. AnonymousApril 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    Please count me in!

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  37. Jenni CApril 19, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    Enter me please!

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    Thanks :)

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  38. AnonymousApril 20, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    I'd love a copy of this book ;-)

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    Thanks!

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  39. Erin @ CanadianGiveawaysApril 20, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    please enter me too

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  40. Northernmama-AngelaApril 23, 2009 at 1:33 AM

    Love books about the "skeletons in the closet"! Please count me in!
    ~Angela
    northern_mama@yahoo.ca

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  41. PamApril 23, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    This sounds like a great book. I'd love to read it.

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  42. AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM

    i am intereseted in this book giveaway. nevi

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  43. LuvdayliliesApril 23, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    I'd really enjoy a chance to read this book!
    Thanks for offering the giveaway=)

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  44. AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    Please enter my name in your draw. Thanks so much!

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  45. AnonymousApril 24, 2009 at 1:18 AM

    I love this story with the Southern Belle feel about coming home. Hope to win. Thanks

    pamelashockley at netscape dot net

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  46. JoApril 25, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    The whole "sees a ghost, solving a mystery" thing drew me in. =) Please enter me.

    jump_up_thrice[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  47. DixieApril 26, 2009 at 11:10 AM

    I've been wanting to read this one.
    The reviews make it sound really good.
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  48. Sue W.April 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    I would really love to win this book. Please enter me!!
    By the way I really love your pictures of Eeyore, he has always been my favorite of the Pooh characters.
    roylsue(at)telpage(dot)net

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  49. BingoApril 28, 2009 at 1:22 AM

    Please enter me. Thanks!
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  50. AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    Joshilyn Jackson is one of my favorite authors. You can read her blog at joshilynjackson.com - hysterical!

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  51. GenevieveApril 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM

    This book sounds like something I'm in the mood for reading. : )

    Please enter me!

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  52. AshleyApril 30, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    Please enter me! booksobsession@gmail.com

    Thanks.

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  53. windycindyMay 1, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    The relationship among Lauren, Molly
    and Thalia sounds very interesting.
    This book is my kind of book. Please
    add my name to your delightful book
    giveaway drawing.
    Many thanks.....Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

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