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AWESOME GIVEAWAY: 4 Galley Copies of Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
December 15th, 2009
I am so excited to be able to offer up this great giveaway to all of my readers courtesy of the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! Recently I did a Friday Finds for a book I’m excited about called Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt (you can see that post here). So being offered the opportunity to do a giveaway of 4 galley copies of the novel is just simply fantastic especially as it isn’t releasing until April 7, 2010! As well just this week Daughters of the Witching Hill got a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly which you can take a peek at here so there is plenty of excitement being stirred up for this novel!
Here’s a bit about the book from Amazon.com:
Daughters of theWitching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt.
Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic.
When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights.
Sharratt interweaves well-researched historical details of the 1612 Pendle witch-hunt with a beautifully imagined story of strong women, family, and betrayal. Daughters of the Witching Hill is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation.
About the author from Mary Sharratt’s website:
Mary Sharratt is an American writer who has lived in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England for the past seven years. Her inspiration for her forthcoming novel, Daughters of the Witching Hill (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Spring 2010), arose directly out of the wild, brooding landscape: the story of the Pendle Witches unfolded almost literally in her backyard.
Winner of the 2005 WILLA Literary Award and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist, Mary is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Summit Avenue (Coffee House 2000), The Real Minerva (Houghton Mifflin 2004), and The Vanishing Point (Houghton Mifflin 2006). Her first two novels were Book Sense picks, and The Vanishing Point was a UK Guardian Readers’ Book of the Year. She is also the co-editor of the subversive UK fiction anthology, Bitch Lit (Crocus Books UK 2006), a celebration of female anti-heroes which was featured in The Guardian and on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour. Mary’s short stories have been widely published in journals and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic, including the recent Twin Cities Noir (Akashic Books 2006).
A former Historical Novels Society Reviews editor, Mary writes regular feature articles and author profiles for Solander and The Historical Novels Review.
When Mary isn’t writing fiction, she is usually off riding Boushka, her beautiful and spirited Welsh mare who is making a cameo appearance in Daughters of the Witching Hill as Alice Nutter’s horse.
Mary returns regularly to her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota where she teaches workshops at The Loft Literary Center.
“The thing that gets me most excited is coaching my students on the power of story, the art of drawing the reader into the thick of the narrative. My job is helping my students discover the stories they need to tell and helping them develop their narrative voice. Then I stand back and listen to their stories unfold, spinning themselves on their own power.”
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
I have 4 galley copies of Daughters of the Witching Hill to share with you all! To enter…
- For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you.
- For 2 entries follow my blog. If you already do, thank you, but please let me know in your comment. I remember a lot of you, but not everyone.
- For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.
The giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only as the publisher will be shipping the books to you. I will draw for the winners on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Good luck everyone!
Sounds really interesting.
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Oh please enter me. This is right up my alley as I love all Historical Witch stuff. Hey I live in Massachusetts so it comes natural to us. Thanks for grabbing this and offering her up.
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I would love to win this Dar!
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Ohh, how exciting!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
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I just added this to my TBR list! It looks very interesting and I want to support a fellow Minnesotan.
Thanks for the chance to win.
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I would love to read this.
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I'm fascinated with the witch trials. Please include me in this drawing. Thanks! Indigo
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I would love to win.
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This is a fabulous giveaway, thank you.
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Sounds like a great book.
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This looks fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway and I follow you on my Google Reader!
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Count me in! I wasn't interested after seeing the title, but I'm glad I took a closer look at your review, because now I'm intrigued!
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I'm a follower…
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Sounds like an interesting book!
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Oh, I want to read this! I recently read The Real Minerva and really liked it, but … drat that TBR of mine. Thankfully I've got good friends like you who help out at Win a Book!
As I attack the TBR mountains, I am ever more grateful for your help, my friend.
Oh wow, what a fantastic giveaway!! Please enter me. I subscribe in Google Reader. milou2ster(at)gmail.com
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I am also a follower.
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The cover is stunning and the story sounds fascinating! Count me in please!
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Follower here; please enter me Dar–thanks
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Looks like a great book!
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Sounds like a great book!
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Ooh…I remember researching the Salem trials and doing a paper in high school. Can't wait to read this one.
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I have always been fascinated by this period in American history… Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!
Aliya D.
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This has been on my wishlist since I saw your Friday Finds. Thanks for the chance to read it before it comes out.
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I have been keeping my eye on this one.
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I'd really love to win a copy Dar. This is INDEED exciting. I do follow and here is my tweet.
Great book giveaway at my friend Dar's blog http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2009/12/awesome-giveaway-4-galley-copies-of.html
Thanks for Hosting.
Oh now this sounds like a good book!
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Oh! Oh! Me please! Fascinated by this period in time. Studied it in school.
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Thanks for offering this.
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Jenn
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Sounds fascinating.
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Some time ago I read Vanishing Point by this author. I would love to win this novel.
I follow through Google Reader.
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You are the queen of the giveaways these days! I'd like to be entered.
I am pretty sure I would love this book. Mary Sharratt is a great author.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Sounds like a book I would enjoy. Thanks for entering me. I subscribe through google reader if that counts.
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I would love to be entered! I really liked this authors last book. I follow you on bloglines. Does that count?
This sounds like one that would really interest me.
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Sounds "witching" good! Count me in. Thank you.
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Books that convey a strong feminine heroine and strong female relationships that support women seeking to live their own lives successfully are always among my favorites to read. In addition, to have the book set in the early history of our country adds to the appeal of this novel. Please enter me in this giveaway. Thanks
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Oh sounds interesting. I really like books that deal with witch hunts.
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Wow… sounds like a great read.
I'm a follower and I'll put this giveaway in the sidebar of my blog.
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I've already got this one on my TBR list. Great giveaway Dar! And I'm a follower of course!
I'd love to have this!
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Please enter me I want to read this one!!!
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Thank you!!!
This sounds fascinating! I have been trying to read more hist-fic based in the US lately.
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I just joined. Please enter me! I loved her earlier novel "The Vanishing Point." My novel "Claude & Camille: a novel of Claude Monet" (Crown) comes out the day before hers!
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This sounds really interesting…thanks for the chance
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I haven't seen this blog before I followed it for the contest. I've become a follower.
I read Ms. Sharratt's previous novel, The Vanishing Point. It grabbed me and kicked my butt back to pioneer Virginia and a world of mystery — although it was not a mystery, per se.
I can't wait to read "The Daughters of Witching Hill" however I obtain my copy.
I blogged about the contest here.
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This sounds like a fabulous book!
Thank you for the entry!
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This book looks gr8
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This book looks fantastic! What a great giveaway
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This book sounds absolutely intriguing!
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I would enjoy reading this book!
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sounds good-thanks for the giveaway
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Sounds like a great book….
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This sounds great!
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Thanks!
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Hi. I'd love to read this book. Merry Christmas.
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Oh this sounds like a great book!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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This sounds wonderfully good. I'd love to read it! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
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I love historical fiction and this sounds like a great book. Thanks.
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I love books that interweave fiction with history.
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Daughters of the Witching Hill sounds like a very interesting book. I like this period of time & when witchcraft was used to get rid of people, usually women.
Pls enter me in the drawing.
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Oooo, this looks good. Count me in, please! :0)
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Sounds enticing!
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I haven't heard of this book before but it sounds really good! Thanks for the offer.
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Sounds really neat….follower too.
Just finished Heretic's Daughter, so I'm gobbling anything witch-hunty….
And, I'm a new follower!
yes please!
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I'd love a chance to win this one!!
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I am also a follower of your blog!
I would love to win the book. I so enjoyed The Vanishing Point by this author
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This book sounds really interesting and I haven't read one like it lately.
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I just found your site and love it! I love reading and would like to enter this giveaway. My email is michele.s.tan@gmail.com. Thanks for sharing!
I have recently read a couple of books set in the time of the Salem witch trials. This would be a good addition to those.
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