Thursday, March 26, 2009

Giveaway - Girls in Trucks - Katie Crouch


Another giveaway?! Yes! And it's another fantastic book! I have five copies of Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch to giveaway courtesy of the Hachette Book Group.

Synopsis from the publisher:

"Sarah Walters, the narrator of GIRLS IN TRUCKS, is a reluctant Camellia Society debutante. She has always felt ill-fitted to the rococo ways of Southern womanhood and family, and is anxious to shake the bonds of her youth. Still, she follows the traditional path laid out for her. This is Charleston, and in this beautiful, dark, segregated town, established rules and manners mean everything.But as Sarah grows older, she finds that her Camellia lessons fail her, particularly as she goes to college, moves North, and navigates love and life in New York. There, Sarah and her group of displaced deb sisters try to define themselves within the realities of modern life. Heartbreak, addiction, disappointing jobs and death fail to live up to the hazy, happy future promised to them by their Camellia mothers and sisters.When some unexpected bumps in the road--an unplanned birth, a family death--lead Sarah back home, she's forced to take another long look at the fading empire of her youth. It takes a strange turn of events to finally ground Sarah enough to make some serious choices. And only then does she realize that as much as she tried to deny it, where she comes from will always affect where she ends up. The motto of her girlhood cotillion society, "Once a Camellia, always a Camellia," may turn out to have more wisdom and pull to it than she ever could have guessed."

Here's a great video of Katie Crouch talking about her book. Or if you'd like to read a bit of it, click here.

Simply comment to be entered. Open to both the US and Canada. Sorry - no po boxes. Make sure I have a way to contact you. Winners will be chosen by random. org and contacted via email. Open until Saturday April 25/09 6 pm EST. Good luck and check the sidebar for ongoing giveaways!

161 comments:

  1. I posted this on Win A Book. Don't enter me though. Sounds like a neat book.

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  2. I just love the cover art on this one. Please enter me in the contest .
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  4. Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch. I suppose if you were in the back of a truck, especially one travelling at high speed, you would.

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  5. This sounds really good. I'd love it.

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  6. Love this cover and I've read great reviews of this. Thanks for hosting!

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  11. Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance.

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  12. This sounds very interesting, and I agree that the cover art is very nice. Thank you!

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  13. OH, my gosh... I love the book cover... I always like books with nice covers... great review... thanks for the giveaway

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  18. I'm a girl, I used to have a truck...sounds great!

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  19. This book sounds almost magical and I'd so love to read it!

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  38. I'd like to win this book. Although I am a girl, I have neither a truck nor a car. I never learned how to drive, so I have to walk everywhere. But I have never regretted my decision, and I am almost 40!
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  103. Girls in Trucks sounds very interesting. I'd love to read it. :)

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  104. The title alone makes me want to read this book. Thanks for the contest.

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  133. Girls In Trucks sounds like a winner.I love the book cover and
    following a girls life through
    all the changes they go through in life is very educating as a mother
    Thanks for the giveaway

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