RT…Almost Over For Me
Been having loads of trouble getting online. Probably has something to do with the fact the hotel is a construction zone. Uh-huh…
I head back home today - yay!!! Will have a full report on the conference once I get back. Until then, I have another giveaway. This one is women’s fiction by a NYT bestseller. It has a very lush cover and eye-catching cover. The book (paperback version) is THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS by Dorothea Benton Frank. Can’t upload the photo thanks to the bad internet service. Click on the link or trust me when I say it’s pretty. Booklist says this about the book:
Miriam Elizabeth Swanson’s life is one big pity party. Her husband of 20-plus years has traded her in for a newer model, her grown sons avoid her like the plague, and, likewise, her so-called society friends treat her like she’s the poster girl for the Ebola virus. If all that weren’t bad enough, her once-deluxe Manhattan town house has been carved up into apartments because she needs the rent to make ends meet, and her mother has morphed into a pot-smoking, aging hippie down at the family homestead in the Carolina Low Country. But when a new young tenant is brutally attacked by her lover, who happens to be married to one of Miriam’s erstwhile friends, Miriam experiences an epiphany that transforms her from a dour, nay-saying shrew into an upbeat, understanding confidant. Shedding her emotional baggage along with, let’s face it, a few pounds, Miriam learns the redemptive power of forgiveness and turns her life into a joyous celebration of family and friends.
Same rules as all week. Good luck!!
April 19th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Hi HelenKay -
I’ve been hearing about the construction problems… I’m not normally into women’s fiction - but this sounds like a really interesting book. I also want to see how the heroine makes that huge leap from point A to B.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Oooh, I want this one!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Don’t you just hate it when you have internet problems? I know I do. This book does sound pretty good I would love to read it.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I’d like the chance for this one!
April 19th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Wow - that sounds like a phenomenal read.
I’ve been hearing about the RT construction zone. I wonder if they told the planning committee that they’d be under construction come convention time. One would hope the RT planning committee had no idea, because hotels under construction are no fun.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
The book cover is very pretty and I’d love to read it.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I would like to read this one!
April 20th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hope your friday talk goes smoothly:CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE RENAISSANCE. Interesting panel: Lori Wilde, Leanne Banks, Jamie Denton and Sarah Strohmeyer…I’ve read or have booksTBR from all of them.
Hope your flight home goes by quickly!
I haven’t read any books by this author, Dorothea Benton Frank but I have read a few reviews on other sites. Sounds good!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:37 am
That book sounds (and looks) great!!