Sunday, April 5, 2009

Contest-The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Thanks to Hachette Book Groups, I am giving away 5 copies of THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING by Joshilyn Jackson.


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.

HOW TO ENTER:
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~~For each thing that you do, please leave a separate comment!!

~~The contest will end on Monday April 13th at 11:59pm

~~This contest is open to US and Canada only and no PO boxes.

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  1. sharon54220April 5, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Sounds like a great book. Please enter me.

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  2. sharon54220April 5, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    I am also a follower.

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  3. IreneApril 5, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    I would love to win this book; please enter my name. Thank you.

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  4. IreneApril 5, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    I NOW am a follower!!

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  5. Desert RoseApril 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM

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  6. BridgetApril 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    H! Just posted this on Win A Book. Don't enter me though.

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  7. Jake LApril 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    please include into this giveaway.

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  8. allisonmariecatApril 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Please enter me!

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  9. AmandaApril 5, 2009 at 5:10 PM

    I'd love to enter! My address is amandagignac[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks!

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  10. VanessaApril 5, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Please include me in the giveaway.

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  11. LindseyApril 5, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    I would love to be entered for this - it sounds so interesting. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  12. AmberApril 5, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Thanks for the giveaway :)
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  13. UnknownApril 5, 2009 at 9:58 PM

    I'd like to read this book! It sounds so much different from books I usually read, its really intrueing. Thanks for the chance.
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  14. AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 1:26 AM

    This sounds like an awesome book, from all I've heard about it. Please enter me. Thanks!

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  15. BeccaApril 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Please enter me. I'd love a chance to win. Thanks
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  16. Dawn M.April 9, 2009 at 4:42 AM

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

    Thanks!
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  17. KatieApril 9, 2009 at 9:30 PM

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  18. MarieApril 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

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

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  19. Gwendolyn B.April 11, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    I really want to read this one. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!

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  20. Belinda MApril 12, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    Please enter me in the giveaway. I would love to read this novel

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  21. Book Sp(l)otApril 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    I would most definitely like to win :D

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