Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two. Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a teenage boy can fall in love, with his classmate Chrissie Steppe. Unfortunately, Chrissie is Bucky Bucklaw's girlfriend, and Bucky has joined the Navy on the eve of war. Jim vows to win Chrissie's heart in his absence, but the war makes high school less than a safe haven, and gives a young man's emotions a grown man's gravity. With the uncanny insight into the well-intentioned heart that made Jim the Boy a favorite novel for thousands of readers, Tony Earley has fashioned another nuanced and unforgettable portrait of America in another time--making it again even realer than our own day. This is a timeless and moving story of discovery, loss and growing up, proving why Tony Earley's writing "radiates with a largeness of heart".
Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush.
Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend.
Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive--by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions. THE LOST DOG makes brilliant use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the ever-present conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized.
I have 5 copies of each to giveaway!
As always, leave a comment for one entry. Second entry if you follow, third if you follow on Twitter, extra entries for twitting about contest or sidebar posts, etc. I will also be giving extra entries to those who come by and comment on weekly book review posts. So the more comments the more entries.
Rules: Books will be delivered directly from Publisher so giveaway is only available to residents of the US and Canada. No P.O. Boxes please. Winners will be drawn this Friday, August 28.
33 comments:
I love the second cover! Totally a lab or retriever.
I'd love to win a copy of The Lost Dog. I've heard so much about it.
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I am a follower of your blog.
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Please enter me in your giveaway!
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I am a follower.
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I posted a link to your giveaway on my sidebar. :)
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I would love either one of these. They both look great. Thanks for sharing them.
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Thanks for the giveaway...both books sound like great reads!
I am a follower
I'd love to read these :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Either book would be a blessing for me! Many thanks, Cindi
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I am a follower of your blog!
Again, thanks.....Cindi
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I follow you on Twitter and Tweeted your giveaway:
http://twitter.com/cmh512/status/3277229647.
Thanks, Cindi
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I'd like to enter this giveaway. Thanks. =)
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I'm also following. =)
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These both look great! Please enter me!
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I would enjoy reading either book...thanks for the opportunity.
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I'm a follower...
karen k
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I would love the lost dog
thanks
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Would love to enter!
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I follow too
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Following on Twitter and i tweeted :0)
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I would be very happy to win either book. They both sound great.
Thank you,
Christine
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I follow through Google Reader.
Thank you,
Christine
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I follow on Twitter and tweeted http://twitter.com/ossmcalc/status/3454526161
Thank you,
Christine
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+1 Either of these books would be great to have. Count me in please.
+2 I am a current follower
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I'd like to enter for The Lost Dog, please. aitmama (at) gmail (dot) com
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