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GIVEAWAY: The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson

February 21, 2009 by Darlene

Hey folks, I’ve got an extra ARC of The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson up for grabs. As I’ve not had the chance to read this yet, here is a bit of a description of the novel from Amazon…

Millions of Americans know and love Amy Dickinson from reading her syndicated advice column “Ask Amy” and from hearing her wit and wisdom weekly on National Public Radio. Amy’s audience loves her for her honesty, her small-town values, and the fact that her motto is “I make the mistakes so you don’t have to.” In The Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy Dickinson shares those mistakes and her remarkable story. This is the tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent.

Though divorce runs through her family like an aggressive chromosome, the women in her life taught her what family is about. They helped her to pick up the pieces when her life fell apart and to reassemble them into something new. It is a story of frequent failures and surprising successes, as Amy starts and loses careers, bumbles through blind dates and adult education classes, travels across the country with her daughter and their giant tabby cat, and tries to come to terms with the family’s aptitude for “dorkitude.”

They have lived in London, D.C., and Chicago, but all roads lead them back to Amy’s hometown of Freeville (pop. 458), a tiny village where Amy’s family has tilled and cultivated the land, tended chickens and Holsteins, and built houses and backyard sheds for more than 200 years. Most important, though, her family members all still live within a ten-house radius of each other. With kindness and razor-sharp wit, they welcome Amy and her daughter back weekend after weekend, summer after summer, offering a moving testament to the many women who have led small lives of great consequence in a tiny place. (taken from Amazon.com)

The rules are simple…

  • For one entry leave me a comment here with an email address please.
  • For two entries follow my blog—if you do already let me know
  • For three entries blog about this giveaway and spread the word.

This giveaway will be open worldwide and I will draw for a winner on Monday, March 2. Good luck everyone!

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  1. bridget3420 says

    February 21, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    I’d like to enter the contest:)

    bridget3420(at)yahoo(dot)com

  2. nhertel85 says

    February 21, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Count me in.

    nhertel85 AT yahoo DOT com

  3. Scrap girl says

    February 21, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Put my name in please. Already a follower.

  4. MJ says

    February 21, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Please count me in.

  5. sharon54220 says

    February 21, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Through my name in the ring please.

    sharon54220@gmail.com

  6. sharon54220 says

    February 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    I am also a subscriber on Google Reader.

    sharon54220@gmail.com

  7. Blodeuedd says

    February 21, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Yay, loving it 😀

    blodeuedd1 at gmail com

  8. Bridget says

    February 21, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    I’ve posted this on Win A Book.

  9. RAnn says

    February 21, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    I’d like to win, I’m now following you and I’m going now to post about the contest. http://rannthisthat.com

  10. RAnn says

    February 21, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    oh, my email is ruthjoec at AOL dot com

  11. Annie says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    Oh, I’d so love to win, read and pass this book on to my dad!

    Thanks

    nancyrobster@gmail.com

  12. Annie says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    I follow your blog and am subscribed via RSS!

    Thanks

    nancyrobster@gmail.com

  13. mindy says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    thanks for the wonderful giveaway

  14. Erika Lynn says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    sounds great, sign me up!
    sports[dot]erikalynn[at]gmail[dot]com

  15. Erika Lynn says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    i am already a follower

  16. Erika Lynn says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    I blogged it here
    http://kissmybook.blogspot.com/2009/02/contest-roundup.html

  17. Pat says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Count me in on this one.

  18. Ladytink_534 says

    February 21, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    I’m going to enter this for my mom as I think she would really love it! (I’m a follower)

    Ladytink_534[at]yahoo[dot]com

  19. Kaye says

    February 21, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    No need to enter me Dar, I already read the book. Just wanted to pop in and say good luck to all the entrants and that your new background is GORGEOUS.

  20. AmandaSue says

    February 22, 2009 at 12:29 am

    I’d love a chance to read this thanks.

  21. Angela C says

    February 22, 2009 at 1:02 am

    Thanks for the giveaway! it sounds wonderful:)

  22. bookoholic13 says

    February 22, 2009 at 1:58 am

    Please enter me. I’m a follower.

  23. Mo from Unmainstream Mom Reads says

    February 22, 2009 at 2:01 am

    Hi Dar!
    The Mighty Queens of Freevile sounds great. Please enter me 🙂

  24. Debdesk says

    February 22, 2009 at 2:48 am

    That sounds like a great read. Please enter my in your drawing.
    Thanks
    Debbie
    debdesk9@verizon.net

  25. Janel says

    February 22, 2009 at 3:03 am

    I don’t have this one yet, so please enter me!

    jgbeads AT gmail DOT com

  26. Janel says

    February 22, 2009 at 3:06 am

    I blogged about this in my right sidebar at:

    http://janelsjumble.blogspot.com

  27. Renee says

    February 22, 2009 at 3:24 am

    This book sounds great.. I also signed up to follow your blog

  28. divaqueenie says

    February 22, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Sounds like a great read, thanks for sharing with us!

  29. Michele says

    February 22, 2009 at 4:06 am

    Sounds like I would enjoy reading this. Thanks for sharing!

  30. olympianlady says

    February 22, 2009 at 6:23 am

    Enter me please. This sounds like a great book. Thanks! tiffanyak1986(at)hotmail(dot)com

  31. Madeleine says

    February 22, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    I’d like to be entered to win this book

    madeleine444[at]gmail[dot]com

  32. Staci says

    February 22, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    This book sounds great and I love the cover!!

    Of course I’m a follower 🙂

    Staci

  33. Jo-Jo says

    February 22, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I’d love a chance to win this book Dar.
    joannelong74@gmail.com

  34. Jo-Jo says

    February 22, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    I’m also a follower!
    joannelong74@gmail.com

  35. Anonymous says

    February 22, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    I’m subscribed to you on Google Reader! 🙂

    Please enter me.

    +BookBegger
    lyzziebit(at)yahoo(dot)com

  36. judygr64 says

    February 22, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Thank you. This book looks very interesting.

    judy(dot)greenberg(at)gmail(dot)com

  37. Lady Roxi says

    February 22, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    I would love to read this.

    Thanks

  38. Estela says

    February 23, 2009 at 1:01 am

    Ooohh….sounds so good!!! Please enter me.

  39. Estela says

    February 23, 2009 at 1:03 am

    I’m a follower, too.

  40. Valorie says

    February 23, 2009 at 2:18 am

    I would love a chance to win!

    Valorie
    morbidromantic@gmail.com

  41. Valorie says

    February 23, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Blogged your contest:
    http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/02/16/book-giveaways-0216-0222/

    Valorie
    morbidromantic@gmail.com

  42. liane66 says

    February 23, 2009 at 3:43 am

    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

  43. Meg89 says

    February 23, 2009 at 4:21 am

    please enter me in this giveaway–I could always use a little advice!

  44. traymona says

    February 23, 2009 at 10:21 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this book.
    traymona[at]aol.com

  45. avalonne83 says

    February 23, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Please enter me in the contest. Thanks.

    avalonne83 [at] yahoo [dot] it

  46. carolsnotebook says

    February 23, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    I’d love to be entered.
    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

  47. carolsnotebook says

    February 23, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    I’m already a follower.
    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

  48. Emily says

    February 23, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Count me in! Oh and I already follow your blog. thanks!

  49. wendy says

    February 24, 2009 at 12:12 am

    Hi Dar,
    I thought I signed up for this before we went away for the week end, but I guess not!
    Please sign me up and I am a follower of your blog.

  50. kathy55439 says

    February 24, 2009 at 3:21 am

    Looks like a great book… love all the blogs that help me find great books…..

  51. Rebecca says

    February 24, 2009 at 4:17 am

    I would like to be in the contest. And I already subscribe to you in my Google Reader. 🙂

  52. Nicole says

    February 24, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    I would love to read this!

    Choateorama(at)gmail(dot)com

  53. joanna says

    February 25, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Count me in!

    joanna.loves.books at gmail dot com

  54. joanna says

    February 25, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    I blogged about your giveaway here:
    http://lostinagoodstory.blogspot.com/2009/02/international-giveaways_25.html

  55. joanna says

    February 25, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    And I’ve added you to my Google Reader so I’m now a follower!

  56. eyeslikesugar says

    February 25, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Sounds like a good book! Please enter me. 🙂 Thank you so much for offering this giveaway! eyeslikesugar [at] gmail [dot] com

  57. scottsgal says

    February 26, 2009 at 2:54 am

    Thanks for the nice giveaway. I’d like to read this

  58. Nely says

    February 26, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    Count me in for this one. I’ve been wanting to buy it. I’m also one of your stalkers. 😀

  59. Jo-Jo says

    February 26, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Hi Dar-I’m back to let you know that I blogged about your contest here.
    joannelong74@gmail.com

  60. lilly says

    February 27, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Hello Dar.
    I would love to get a copy, i’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.
    E-mail:
    lilyswistek@yahoo.com
    Also I am now following you and I have no idea why I hadn’t before. Honestly, I thought I had.

  61. carlene says

    February 28, 2009 at 1:34 am

    Please include me in your drawing.
    Thanks
    Carlene
    Willreadforever@verizon.net

  62. Sherri says

    March 1, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    Please include me in your drawing! Thanks so much!

    cmcdermitt1@carolina.rr.com

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