Monday, January 4, 2010

Giveaway: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

This Giveaway is now closed.



Why do you want to read this one?

Thanks to Hatchette Book Group I have up to FIVE copies to give away!! This is a general market title and I have not read it. Depending on how many people enter the more I will giveaway. This giveaway is open to US & Canada Only. Deadline for entries is January 8th.


The Unnamed
He was going to lose the house and everything in it.

The rare pleasure of a bath, the copper pots hanging above the kitchen island, his family-again he would
lose his family. He stood inside the house and took stock. Everything in it had been taken for granted. How had that happened again? He had promised himself not to take anything for granted and now he couldn't recall the moment that promise had given way to the everyday.

Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, aging with the grace of a matinee idol. His wife Jane still loves him, and for all its quiet trials, their marriage is still stronger than most. Despite long hours at the office, he remains passionate about his work, and his partnership at a prestigious Manhattan law firm means that the work he does is important. And, even as his daughter Becka retreats behind her guitar, her dreadlocks and her puppy fat, he offers her every one of a father's honest lies about her being the most beautiful girl in the world.

He loves his wife, his family, his work, his home. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out. And keeps walking.

THE UNNAMED is a dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.



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24 comments:

  1. This book sounds very interesting from the review.
    I would like to win it.

    I subscribe by google reader and
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    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  2. This sounds like a great read!

    Thanks for the entry!

    Wendy
    wendysfictionaddiction(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. Following you on Twitter!

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    Wendy
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  4. I'm a follower!

    Wendy
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  5. Tweeted this giveaway!

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    Wendy
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  6. I would like to read this book because I think it would be very interesting. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

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  7. I'd like to read it because it sounds like a good book :-)
    marcus802001(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  8. I follow on Twitter
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  9. I follow through Google
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  10. Thanks for the book giveaway.

    It intrigues me as to what happens after he stops walking. I need to know the rest of the story.

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  11. you are listed in my fav. blogs listing

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  12. This sounds like an interesting book to read - I hadn't heard of it yet.
    weird chick online at gmail dot com
    PS - love to see your link to Paperbackswap on the side...one of my fave sites!

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  13. I would like to read this because I love books that examine human relationships.

    dftrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. I want to know what happens !! Already had my attention, would love a copy
    copperllama at yahoo dot com

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  15. facebook fan
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  16. I would love to win this because I really enjoyed reading his other novel "Then We Came To The End"!

    xmeliss182x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  17. Interesting synopsis. It t sounds like something I would read to take a break from my mysteries.

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  21. And the winners by Random.org are: 2 12 21 31 9

    Wendy
    Abi
    Jaime
    Susan
    Mark

    Please email me with your snail mail addresses before Monday night!

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