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GIVEAWAY: 5 copies of The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

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Well I’m really excited to share with my readers 5 copies of The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane courtesy of Katurah at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. I posted my review of this novel earlier today and you can see it here. It’s really a wonderful story about family with the added benefit of partially taking place in Ireland and having to do with Irish people and their trials and tribulations coming to America. This is Mary Beth Keane’s first novel and I really hope to see more from her in the future.

So, what do I need from you…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you.
  • For 2 entries tell me if you have a favorite family saga/drama type novel or read a good one recently.
  • For 3 entries blog/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 Friday, July 17, 2009. Good luck everyone!

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  1. Oh my goodness, I can't keep up with your giveaways! I will amend my blog right now to include this one.

  6. I love stuff on Irish history and immigration too…

    Come on over to my site- I've got a big GIVEAWAY too!

  11. This sounds like a great read, and I really enjoyed your review. A favorite family saga huh? I guess I would have to go with Centennial by James Michener. I read it in high school, and it still stands out in my memory. you can find my post here

  14. I was going to go with The Thorn Birds like everyone else but I'll mix it up a little and say The Princes of Ireland!

    This looks like a great book, please enter me.
    Cheers
    julie.sherritt[at]gmail.com

  15. Ooh, a book about Ireland! Pick me please???

    My favorite family saga – …AND LADIES OF THE CLUB.

    Lynne
    pistilli1 at gmail dot com

  17. Oh! Another great looking read. Please sign me up. I wonder…. is sleeping really necessary? 😉

  18. I didnt tweet yet but I did link to your contest. Click on my name here and it will take you right to the page. Hope that counts for extra entries. The book looks great!

  20. I am fascinated, for some reason, by Helen Hoover Santmyer's "And Ladies of the Club"

  21. Yeah! I downloaded Firefox and got right in. It must be the internet explorer!

    Please enter me for this one Dar! Sounds great! I'm so happy I can visit your page again! Yea!
    Happy Reading, Dar!

    TheChicGeek(at)msn(dot)com

  22. I just recently became a book worm and the last book I read was Made in the USA by billie letts.

    SamantharaeM at gmail dot com

  25. No need to enter me, my friend. I'm dropping in, as always, to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

  26. Sounds like a good one. Thanks for the giveaway. Like I don't have enough books.

  32. I love the cover of this book. I'd love to read the book too.

    I'm a follower.

    It's not necessarily a family saga, but "The Book of Negroes" is a fabulous book.

    melacan at hotmail odt com

  33. Looks like a good read, please enter me into this drawing.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
    jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com

  34. I read Galway Bay earlier this year, and it was a good family saga story.

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  40. Hi,

    Sounds like a great book for all these rainy summer days…

    A great new mini saga – The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

    LooseEnds AT Snet DOT Net

  44. My favorite family saga was Hannah's Daughters. Set in Sweden, this wonderful book follows 3 generations of women and their struggles. I would love to read this book and have it on my wish list at PBS.
    I am a follower,
    I tweeted at ccqdesigns. Sorry, I don't blog
    rebecca(dot)cox(at)charter(dot)net

  46. I recently read Tender Graces by Katherine Magendie (another blogger) and it was great!
    fourkidsrgreat(at)gmail(dot)com

  47. I'm caught up in the continuing family saga in the Morland dynasty series, about 5 books into it so far, and really enjoying it.

    And I love stories with an Irish flavor. Please include me in the giveaway. Thanks
    lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com

  49. I'd love to win a copy of this book – stories about Ireland and their immigrants fascinate me.

  51. Thanks for the giveaway! You can email me at nycbookgirl(at)gmail(dot)com.

    I haven't read any family sagas recently but have been wanting to read the Thorn Birds because I've heard it's a great one.

  52. I think my favorite family saga was Little Women. Time to pass introduce my daughter to that one!

    jgbeads at gmail dot com

  57. I can't remember the last family sage I read. It is time for me to branch out my reading genres. Please enter me in your giveaway.

    ykatrina at hotmail dot com

  64. I would love a chance to win this book, so please enter me in the contest!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

  66. I don't have a favorite family saga I've read recently… 🙁 suggestions?

    heatheranne99 at hotmail dot com

  68. I'd love a chance to win a copy of this book. It reminds me of other Irish family sagas I have read. Thanks for the chance.

    espressogurl at hotmail dot com

  69. So the favorite family saga for me is a book I pull out of mothballs about every 4 years and reread–Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Love it! Movie was good but the book the beyond great. (extra entry)

    espressogurl at hotmail dot com

  71. This sounds really good. I'd love to read it. Please enter me. :0)

    Thanks!
    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  73. My absolute family drama (which is also a saga/epic) is the classic The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. A modern family saga I enjoyed was Fall On Your Knees.

  74. Sounds like a good book. Please include me in the giveaway. heatherzilla(at)care2(dot)com

  78. Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the review and giveaway.

    Monie @ readingwithmonie.com

  94. gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com

    Wilbur Smith's The Triumph of the Sun is a fun drama/family saga.

  97. I love Linda Lael Miller – She has a family saga the McKettricks. It is my favorite.
    Thanks
    Carlene
    iluvreading(at)verizon.net

  104. Please enter me. This sounds like a great book too! All these giveaways sound like good books!
    bthgordon at yahoo dot com

  107. I'm back to let you know my favorite family saga…it took a lot of consideration for this one, but mine would be The Good Earth by Pearl Buck.
    joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com

  109. I would love to enter.

    My favorite family saga would have to be The Forsythe Saga by John Galloway

    I am a follower.
    Email: thereadingjourney[at]gmail[dot]com

  113. And lastly, my favorite family saga-type drama would have to be "Love in the Time of Cholera." The family parts don't take up the entire book, but those that are there are great.

    Thanks!

    lesleymfan(at)gmail(dot)com

  116. Please enter me in this giveaway! Never read anything by Mary Beth – love trying new authors!

    I follow!

    debbie
    dcf_beth(at)verizon(dot)net

  117. I love to read books like this – please count me in!

    Thanks,
    megalon22 at yahoo dot com

  118. My favorite family saga/drama is "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane

    megalon22 at yahoo dot com

  119. This sound like a good book, please include me in your giveaway.
    Conchell at aol dot com

  121. I read a family drama book called The Last Bridge – heavy stuff, poor girl was an addict due to her father's extreme abuse. A good book but depressing.
    Conchell at aol dot com
    Thanks

  122. This book sounds like it would be a great summer read! As for a family saga, anything by John Jakes is fantastic!

    lahlstedt at gmail dot com

  125. Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me.
    eswright18 at gmail dot com

  126. sounds like a great book … thanks so much for the giveaway. i'd love to be entered 🙂 amymelniczenkoATgmailDOTcom

  128. Sounds like a good book. Please enter me. Thanks for having this giveaway.

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  130. The best family saga/drama novel I've read lately is The Red Tent. I highly recommend it!
    oheeyore at hotmail dot com

  131. The best family saga/drama novel I've read lately is The Red Tent. I highly recommend it!
    oheeyore at hotmail dot com

  132. Please enter me for this book… it looks good.

    I have read Jodi Picoult's latest, Handle with Care. Her books usually are around family trauma and this one is no different. Another great read.

  139. I'd like a chance to win this, thanks for the giveaway.

    You want me to narrow down my favourite family Saga/drama to just one? Impossible! Top three: Roots, Poisonwood Bible, Fall on Your Knees.

    I follow and will post.

    wanda_waiting[@]hotmail[.]com

  140. I follow and will post this in the sidebar at Savvy.

    This sounds like a great book, and I'm sure you could guess what family saga I would highly recommend! Galway Bay of course.

  142. Thank you for the book review. I am really interested in winning and reading this book.

  143. Whow – sounds really interesting. enter me to win. I've never read any books by this author.
    jrs362(at)hotmail(dot)com

  149. Seriously Dar, this is an incredible giveaway. This is an Irish girls must! Please enter me.

    kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Thanks!

  150. Favorite family saga. This is tough. I would say that one of my favorites is Angela's Ashes. I haven't read it in a while. I am going to have to recheck it out. 🙂

    Thanks again!

    kalea_kane(at)yahoo(dot)com

  159. I really enjoyed reading THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB and KNIT TWO by Kate Jacobs.

    hawkes(at)citlink.net

  167. My favorite – I don't know!! Pulling a blank!

    I follow – Google Reader!!

    dcf_beth(at)verizon(dot)net

  169. In a family of French people I have an Irish grandfather, he graduated from Dartmouth College, went to France, married a French girl (my grand mother)and brought her to Boston where my mom was born.

    madeleine444[at]gmail[dot]com

  171. This sounds like a wonderful story! Please enter me in your giveaway!
    * Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See is a wonderful book and it has a lot of family drama!
    * I posted your giveaway on my sidebar!

    Thanks!
    Suzanne
    quzy {at} mac {dot} com