Hello loyal readers!
Remember when I talked about how excited I was about getting my grubby hands on Tom Perrotta's
The Leftovers? Welp, the publisher caught wind and gave me two ARC copies! So, of course I want to share the wealth by hosting a giveaway. I'm keeping this giveaway super-simple...to enter, just fill out
THIS FORM with your name, email address and mailing address (US only, sorry international friends)! The giveaway
ends this Friday August 5th at midnight.
For those who aren't very familiar with Tom Perrotta, he's the author of some fantastic books like:
Election (movie version starring Reese Witherspoon),
Little Children (movie version starring Kate Winslet),
The Abstinence Teacher (currently being made into a film starring Sandra Bullock),
Joe College, and
The Wishbones.
And for a bit more info on
The Leftovers read on:
Publisher Summary:
What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?
That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.
Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin’s own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin’s teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she’s definitely not the sweet “A” student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he’s distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.
With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.
I'm currently reading my copy and so far it's fantastic! Good luck folks!
