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GIVEAWAY: 5 copies of Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke
June 11th, 2009
And yet another great summer read up for grabs! I’ve got 5 copies of Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke to share with my readers courtesy of Valerie of Hachette Book Group. What we have here is yet another great book club read! You can find a terrific reading group guide here to assist you with the great conversation that will be generated by this book. My book club, the Page Turners, is really looking forward to reading this one this summer as it is one of our monthly selections. Here’s a bit about the book…
Even though former slaves Annie Coats and her son Gabriel have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice–to the extent that Annie secretly recalls her days on the plantation with fondness. Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses are seeking to build their new lives–with Gabriel, a tailor, producing uniforms for soldiers and fine suits for pompous politicians, and Annie, a seamstress and laundress, catering to the nearby brothels and stately homes–is supposed to be a safe haven, a “promised land” for former slaves, but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.
In fact, the city’s own emancipation efforts in 1862 serve only to compromise the Coats family’s status, putting Gabriel’s three young daughters (each of them born free of free parents) at risk of becoming the property of the Coatses’ former master. The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses rise their daily battles–as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist other former slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they struggle to love each other enough–is what fuels this novel and makes its tragic denoument so devastating.
Visit Breena Clarke’s website here.
What can you do to win…
- For 1 entry leave me a comment here with a way to contact you please.
- For 2 entries follow my blog. Those who follow already, let me know so I can give you the extra entries too.
- For 3 entries blog/tweet this giveaway to spread the word.
This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes). I will draw for the winners on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Good luck everyone!
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Dar, this sounds like an amazing story and one I'd love to win!
I also a Dar-follower! lol
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youve got some great givewaways dar!
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This looks great! Please enter me!
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I'm already a subscriber (through Google Reader).
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I tweeted about this!
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I'd love to read a book by Breena Clarke. Please enter me, thank you.
And I have been a follower for some time now.
Please enter me.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Posted on my sidebar.
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I LOVE books (fiction or non-fiction) about slavery, emancipation and the underground railroad. Please count me in. Thank you!
Oh, and I do follow!
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This sounds like a book I've got to read.
I am a follower.
I blogged about your giveaways.
This one sounds amazing! I'm a follower already, and I've added your giveaway to the sidebar on my blog. Thanks!
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Please enter me – this sounds really great.
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I am a follower.
I tweeted about this here.
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Count me in! And I'm a follower.
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Sounds like a great read!! Count me in please!!
This sounds like a great read and I LOVE the cover.
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Hi Dar!
Sounds like good summer readling!
Please enter me.
Dottie
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I'm already a follower too Dar.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Dottie
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Of course I subscribe to your blog! And I'm off to tweet about this fabulous contest.
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Please enter me!
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This is a book I have yet to come across. Thanks for the contest!
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Hi Dar,
Sounds like a great book! Please put me in your drawing. I am following you and twittered about it here: http://twitter.com/splummer54
contact: splummer51@yahoo.com
Have a great evening!
Sherrie
I'd love a chance to win!
I follow.
And I blogged: http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/06/08/book-giveaways-0608-0614/
Valorie
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Would love to read this.
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please enter me in this giveaway, Dar
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Please enter me. Thanks!
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Please enter me in the contest! I would love to read this book. It sounds very interesting!
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I follow your blog.
Cindy
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Great giveaway; please enter my name! Thank you.
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I now am a follower!
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Thank you for the giveaway
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I follow your blog, Dar!
Thank you for the giveaway
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This looks great and I'm a faithful follower!
This looks like a great book, so please enter me in this giveaway.
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I am a follower of this blog as well.
This book looks wonderful! My email address is jessicaleigh4 (@) gmail (dot) com.
I follow your blog on Google Reader!
Please include me in your giveaway
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I am a current follower of your blog
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I would love to win a copy of this book.
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I am a follower of your blog.
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Hi Dar – I would love to read this one.
I also follow your blog.
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I blogged it:
http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-giveaways-in-blogworld-06-13-09.html
Sounds like a great summer read. Thanks for the contest!
sara
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I'd love to read this one.
I follow.
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I had not head of this one.
thanks
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I follow!!
Thanks.
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I hadn't heard about this book until I read your description of it here. Makes it sound interesting.
Thanks.
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Please inlcude me in your giveaway.
Thanks
Carlene
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I am already a follower.
Thanks
Carlene
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Hi, I'm a follower!
Thanks so much for this giveaway. My hotmail is fierce_angel_6000
Thanks!
I am a follower. I'd love to win this book.
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Sounds like a great read!
edeliz(at)gmail(dot)com
I am already a follower.
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I twitted!
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Thanks for this great giveaway Dar. The book sounds wonderful. Please add my name to the drawing.
I'm a long time follower of your blog!!
Blogging about this in my sidebar under Other Blog Giveaways!
I'd like a chance to win this one!
I follow and will post.
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This sounds like a great one Dar…please enter me.
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I'm also a follower.
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please count me in
+2 I'm a follower
+3 I'm posting a link to this contest on my blog's sidebar
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I would love to be entered please.
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This book sounds great. And I'm a follower.
This review reminds me of a letter written to President Abraham Lincoln, by a former slave, about "what's next, are we free?"
It touched my heart.
I hope to read this book, this story, and I am so curious….
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I would loves to win this, looks like a great story!
Cheers,
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I'm a also a follower
I really want to read this! — Also, I follow.
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I'd love to read this!
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I'm a follower!
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I blogged it here on my rt sidebar.
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I would love to read this!
Thank you!
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Please enter me in this giveaway
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Hi, Thanks for the opportunity to win. Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you.
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I'd enjoy reading this one!
I'm also a follower!
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Please enter me.
Thanks!
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I'd love to read this book. Please enter me. I have been, and will continue to follow you on google reader!
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This sounds like another good one, Dar. Please enter me in the drawing.
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faithful follower!
This sounds like a wonderfully inspiring story. Please count me in.
Thank you!
Amy
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I am a follower of your blog
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Amy
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I would love to win this book.
Thanks
RJB
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Please enter me in your giveaway–it looks great! Thanks!
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I started following your blog–thanks!
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I Twittered about your giveaway:
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Thanks!
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This looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing~
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This book sounds amazing!
I tweeted!
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Following your blog!