Friday

Giveaway: Life After Genius

Theodore Mead Fegley has always been the smartest person he knows. By age 12, he was in high school, and by 15 he was attending a top-ranking university. And now, at the tender age of 18, he's on the verge of proving the Riemann Hypothesis, a mathematical equation that has mystified academics for almost 150 years. But only days before graduation, Mead suddenly packs his bags and flees home to rural Illinois. What has caused him to flee remains a mystery to all but Mead and a classmate whose quest for success has turned into a dangerous obsession.

At home, Mead finds little solace. His past ghosts haunt him; his parents don't understand the agony his genius has caused him, nor his desire to be a normal kid, and his dreams seem crushed forever. He embarks on a new life's journey -- learning the family business of selling furniture and embalming the dead--that disappoints and surprises all who knew him as "the young Fegley genius."

Equal parts academic thriller and poignant coming-of-age story, LIFE AFTER GENIUS follows the remarkable journey of a young man who must discover that the heart may know what the head hasn't yet learned.

GIVEAWAY: 5 copies are up for grabs.

As always, leave a comment for one entry. If you'd like extra entries just say so in your comment or separate comments (extra entries for followers, Twitter, sidebars, Facebook, etc.) Make sure to leave an e-mail address, especially if you are leaving a comment under Anonymous.

Rules: This contest is open to U.S. & Canada residents only. No P.O. Boxes. Winners will be drawn Friday, November 6.

32 comments:

Kristen said...

I keep seeing this one and my interest level is growing so please enter me.

I also follow through Google Reader.

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brizmus said...

Like Kristen, I keep seeing this and my interest just keeps growing and growing and growing!
I follow, I tweeted it (http://twitter.com/brizmus), and I sidebarred it (http://brizmusblogsbooks.blogspot.com)

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Kerri said...

This looks interesting, and what a great cover.

please enter me ravndahl at hotmail dot com

I'm also a follower

Linna said...

I enjoy reading coming-of-age stories. I don't want to miss this one. Please enter me.

+1 I follow you.

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A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

Please enter me for this one! Thanks.

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Anonymous said...

I can't pass up a good contest. ;) Count me in.

I'm a follower

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Thanks!!

Pam said...

This one sounds interesting!

I'm already following you

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Anonymous said...

Sounds good...would like to read

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Anonymous said...

please count me in...thanks...have read many favorable reviews.

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Anonymous said...

I'm a follower :)

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Sarah E said...

Please enter me in this giveaway!

I follow this blog.

I follow you on Twitter and tweeted: http://twitter.com/saemmerson/status/5131714405

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Sarah Emmerson

Miss Haley said...

enter me please!! I'm a follower

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Jackie said...

This sounds like a good read! Thanks for the review and giveaway!

Jackie said...

I am a follower

cqueen2 said...

thanks sounds great

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Melissa (Books R Us) said...

Please enter me



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holdenj said...

Looks very interesting! Please count me in!

I'm a follower. Thanks.
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Beth (BBRB) said...

I'm a follower.

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MarionG said...

Hi I'd love to read this. My nephew is just like this 16 and in his second year of engineering. Wow. Count me in. polo-puppy-fluffy AT hotmail *dot* com

Jaime said...

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Karen H said...

I'd like to read this book. Add me to the draw please.

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Karen H said...

+1 I am a follower

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Pat said...

What a great review, of what sounds like a very interesting book. I know a couple of kids who entered university very, very early and it would be fun reading this book and learning how "the young Fegley genius" made out at the end of the story.

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Pat said...

I follow on twitter @bcgirll

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dor said...

I would love to read this book.

I am a facebook fan (Doreen Rio)

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KIKA said...

yay! would love to enter this!

+1 I'm a follower

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SavingDiva said...

I would love to be entered!

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CherylS22 said...

I'd love to read this book - please count me in.

I follow.
I subscribe via Google Reader.
I'm a friend on Facebook.

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Simply Stacie said...

Please count me in.

I am a follower.

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Anonymous said...

Please enter me. walkerd@primus.ca

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Count me in. walkermisc@primus.ca

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