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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker
February 16th, 2011
I’ve got a great book to spotlight and do a giveaway for today and I can’t wait to read it myself. I love the title: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker. Here’s what Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough is about…
Three generations, one house; zero sanity?
What happens when Mom, daughter, and Grandma are financially forced to share a roof?
AUSTIN, Texas – If there’s one lesson the Great Recession taught us, it’s how to host (and sometimes, be) unexpected roommates.
The number of multifamily households in the US is now at its highest since 1968, a demographic shift felt in each cramped bedroom and every crashed-on couch. It’s also the new American reality that gave rise to Ruth Pennebaker’s big-hearted, witty novel: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough (January 2011, Berkeley Trade Paperback Original / Penguin).
Pitting three women – mother, daughter, and grandmother – together under one roof, Pennebaker allows what she calls “a kind of horror story” to unfold:
Joanie is a recovering divorcee, has shakily re-entered the Austin, Texas, workplace, and has sworn off sex forever.
Ivy is her 78-year-old Christian mother, who has recently taken up shoplifting.
Caroline is Joanie’s sulky teenager, whose pot brownies get distributed a little more widely than she expected.
And to top things off, Richard, Joanie’s ex-husband, has just announced that his much younger girlfriend is pregnant.
Proving that mother-daughter relationships are more complex than any romance, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough is a tough love story about individual isolation – the kind that happens with people you love, people with whom you share living quarters. In the end, it’s also a story is also about reaching a better understanding of one another, and learning to love a little better.
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About the Author
RUTH PENNEBAKER is the acclaimed author of three young adult novels and one collection of essays. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, Parents, Redbook, McCall’s, Cooking Light and other nationwide publications. She is currently a columnist for the Texas Observer, a commentator for KUT-FM,and host of the award-winning blog, The Fabulous GeezerSisters. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and emotionally unstable cat, Lefty. For more information, please visit www.ruthpennebaker.com.
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS
I have one copy of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker available for giveaway. 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, let me know in your comment. The extra entry is yours as well.
- For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.
This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Good luck everyone!
© 2010, Darlene of Peeking Between the Pages. All Rights Reserved. If you’re reading this on a site other than Peeking Between the Pages or Darlene’s Feed, be aware that this post has been stolen and is used without permission.
Filed under Book Spotlights | Comments (65)
Oh I LOVE the sound of this book! It sounds so good!
Please enter me DARling.
I am a follower.
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I'd love to read this one. Thanks for the chance.
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I'm a follower.
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I would love to win this!
I am a follower.
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I have this one up for review soon, and I am looking forward to it. Thanks for the great giveaway, but no need to enter me!
I would love to read it.
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I already follow you
I am going to put the book on my blog. Coming back.
I have blogged about the book. Thanks to Ruth Pennebaker and you for entering me in the giveaway. The book is in my sidebar left top.
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Oh, that title does seem appropriate for most of us – having to deal with the multiple tasks of running a house.
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This sounds so interesting. I try to imagine what it would be like to live with my daughter and granddaughter. We three get along famously, but I'm sure problems would arise.
Thanks for the giveaway.
extra entry – Google Follower
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My family bookclub wants to read this. Please enter my name in the drawing. Thanks. Carol
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Also a google follower.
I love this Title! Please count me in.
I follow on GFC.
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This book is on my wish list
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I follow on GFC
Sounds awesome! Please enter me!
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Old follower on GFC
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This book sounds fantastic!
Thank you for the entry!
Wendy
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Already a follower!
Wendy
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Wendy
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Thanks for this great giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh this looks great, Dar! I would love the chance, honey
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i would love to enter to win.
i am already a follower
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I'm a follower! (extra entry!)
I'd love to win the book
It sounds great!
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I love the three characters and the situation. Can't wait to read this one.
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Please count me in. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I'm a follower.
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I keep reading great reviews of this book, so I'd love to be entered. I subscribe in Google Reader. milou2ster(at)gmail.com
I would love to read Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Already publicly following Peeking Between the Pages with Google Friend Connect [Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug}]
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Tweeted the giveaway
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+1 I've been in this position before – twice, so I know the story all too well.
+2 Blog follower
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The title alone got me interested! I'd love a chance to be entered into this giveaway thanks.
I'm a blog follower thanks.
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This sounds like it has potential to be fun.
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This sounds like a great book!
Thanks for the chance to win.
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This looks like a great book… love the title. I follow you on my google reader.
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P.S. The site is looking fab!
Check your blog daily, your in my favorites.
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Looks like a great book! I follow through GFC – and am a subscriber.
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I posted the giveaway to my blog:
http://dancealertreads.blogspot.com/2011/02/peeking-between-pages-giveaway-of-women.html
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I tweeted – no longer have the link to paste in her my browser stuck and I couldn't get back here. My tweet name is dancealert or Brenda Rupp
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Sounds like an interesting book, I like how the author put three generations in one house. Please enter me. Thanks!
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
I already follow on GFC!
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
I already follow on GFC!
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
I've wanted to read this book!
I'm a follower.
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I definitely want to read this one!
GFC follower.
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I love stories about mother-daughter relationships. Please enter me.
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I'd love to read this book.
jeryl.marcus@gmail.com
i'm a follower, and i'd love to read this!
veronicasbooks at gmail dot com
I'm a follower- thanks for the giveaway!
Rachelhwallen@gmail.com
sound like a great book!
I follow the blog through GFC
sorry forgot to leave my contact info. brn2shop9 at gmail dot com
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I am also a follower of your blog thank you so much for going giveaways!
This sounds like a great, witty book! Thank you for the giveaway!
Amy // artsyrockerchick at aim dot com
Oh, and I just became a follower of your beautiful blog!
Amy // artsyrockerchick at aim dot com
This book is on my wishlist…hope this is the lucky entry!
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I follow you via gfc
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I would love to win a copy ~ sounds like a great read!
+ I'm a follower
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This looks fantastic!
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Oh–I follow you on GFC!
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Count me in!
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This book sounds real interesting and fun! I would love to win!! ROSEH87@hotmail.com
I am now a follower of your blog!
I would love to read this book! Please enter me in the giveaway.
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