Posted by Teddyrose@1 on May 8, 2013
Posted in My Past Giveaways | 10 Comments
Thanks to Courtney Brach of Touchstone Publicity/Simon & Schuster, Inc., I am giving away on copy of The Kings and Queens of Roam.
Helen and Rachel McCallister, who live in faraway Roam, are as different as sisters can be. Helen is bitter and conniving, while Rachel, seven years younger, is naïve, trusting—and blind. But Rachel is beautiful, and Helen—Helen is not.
After their parents’ untimely deaths, Rachel comes to rely on her older sister for everything, and Helen embraces her role in all the wrong ways, casually and cruelly convincing Rachel that SHE is the ugly sister, and that the world is a dark and dangerous place she couldn’t possibly survive on her own. Through ever-more elaborate stories, Helen creates an isolated, foreboding world full of boneyards, malevolent trees, flesh-eating bids, and worse—and so it remains until Rachel grows older and makes a decision that will change their lives forever.
BOOKLIST *STARRED* REVIEW: “Wallace’s eerie fairy tale for grown-ups is a melancholy yet enchanting pastiche of love, loss, redemption, and revenge.”
About Daniel Wallace:
Daniel Wallace is the author of five novels. His first, Big Fish, was made into a motion picture of the same name by Tim Burton in 2003, and a musical version is coming to Broadway in 2013. Wallace’s work has been translated into more than 25 languages and is studied in high schools and universities across the country. He is a contributing editor to Garden & Gun magazine and is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he teaches and directs the Creative Writing Program. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, Laura Kellison Wallace. Visit his website at danielwallace.org.
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Thanks for this interesting giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, I’m hoping she discovers how great the world can be.
carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com
A little creepy but interesting. thanks for the giveaway. nanze55(at)hotmail(dot)com
This sounds like a different kind of story, something I could really get into and enjoy. Thanks for the giveaway, Teddy. carlscott(at)prodigy(dot)net(dot)mx
This sounds like a very interesting story. One that I would love to read.
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This sounds so good and really unique compared to anything else I have read before. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
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This book sounds a lot like a fairy tale. These two sisters couldn’t be more different. I would enjoy reading this one. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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The more I read the description, the more I wanted to read it. 🙂
Sounds great! Thanks for the giveaway! I’m in 🙂
I just love the cover. The colors are warm and inviting. Thanks for the chance to win 🙂