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GIVEAWAY: 5 copies of Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan

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Well as luck would have it I just finished this wonderful book called Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan and reviewed it earlier today for you all. You’re welcome to take a peek at that review here. I really enjoyed the book. It’s time travel at it’s best and full of great characters that you will come to love as I did . Here’s a bit about the book from Amazon.com…

Living a dog’s life…now and then

Anna O’Shea has failed at marriage, shed her job at a law firm, and she’s trying to re-create herself when she and her recalcitrant nephew are summoned to the past in a manner that nearly destroys them. Her twenty-first-century skills pale as she struggles to find her nephew in nineteenth-century Ireland. For one of them, the past is brutally difficult, filled with hunger and struggle. For the other, the past is filled with privilege, status, and a reprieve from the crushing pain of present-day life. For both Anna and her nephew, the past offers them a chance at love.

Will every choice they make reverberate down through time? And do Irish Wolfhounds carry the soul of the ancient celts?

The past and present wrap around finely wrought characters who reveal the road home. Mystical, charming, and fantastic, New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehan’s Now & Then is a poignant and beautiful tale of a remarkable journey. It is a miraculous evocation of a breathtaking place in a volatile age filled with rich, unforgettable, deeply human characters and one unforgettable dog named Madigan.

About the Author from Jacqueline Sheehan’s website…

Jacqueline Sheehan, Ph.D., is a fiction writer and essayist. She is also a practicing psychologist. She is a New Englander through and through, but spent twenty years living in the western states of Oregon, California, and New Mexico doing a variety of things, including house painting, freelance photography, newspaper writing, clerking in a health food store, and directing a traveling troupe of high school puppeteers.

Her first novel, Truth, was published in 2003 by Free Press of Simon and Schuster. Her second novel, Lost & Found, was published 2007 by Avon, Harper Collins. Lost & Found has been on the New York Times Bestseller List and has been optioned for film by Katherine Heigl, star of Grey’s Anatomy. Her third novel, Now & Then, was published in July 2009 by Avon, Harper Collins. She has published travel articles (Winter in Soviet Georgia), short stories (most recently in the Berkshire Review), and numerous essays and radio pieces. In 2005, she was the editor of the anthology Women Writing in Prison. This anthology is the culmination of eight years of writing workshops sponsored by Voices from Inside, an advocacy group for incarcerated women.

Jacqueline teaches workshops at Grub Street in Boston and Writers in Progress in Florence, Massachusetts. She also offers international writing and yoga workshops in Jamaica with Celia Jeffries. For more information about her Jamaican workshops, go to www.TropicalEscapes.biz.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have 5 copies of Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan to share with my readers courtesy of Stephanie with Harper Collins. What do you need to do 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, thank you and please let me know as it’s hard to keep track of everyone.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway will be open to US & Canadian residents only as the books will be coming to you directly from the publisher. I will be drawing for the winners on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Good luck everyone!

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  3. I've read so many glowing reviews (including yours, Dar) for this book that I'd love to read it!

    I'm a follower : )

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  5. Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan sounds wonderful.Please enter me in the giveaway.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Thank you.

  7. LOVE the high praise you give this, babe! I'll have to read it at some point. Once Mt. TBR is under some sort of control.

    Anyway, no need to enter me. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

  8. What a wonderful book you have featured. Thanks for this lovely giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

  9. Wow! This sounds wonderful – just my sort of thing, though the rest of my family seems to have a thing against anything related to time travel.

    sdeeth at msn dot com

  11. I'd love to be included in this great giveaway! I subscribe in Google Reader, if that counts. milou2ster(at)gmail.com

  16. I am a big fan of time travel novels and this book sounds like something I would really enjoy. I love your review!

    My email address is laarlt78(at)hotmail(dot)com.

    I am already a follower.

    Thanks!

  17. OH…just the cover would make you want it even if it didn't sound so good. Thanks for the chance

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  26. I'd love a chance to read this book (and the cover is adorable!)

    And I'm a follower thanks.

    unforgetable_dreamer_always(at)hotmail.com

  27. Just brought home Lost and Found. Have read some great reviews on Now and Then. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

    I am a follower.

  28. This story sounds different than anything I've read and very interesting.

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  30. I sooooo want to read this book. Every review I've read so far has been positive! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

    geebee.reads AT gmail dOT com

  32. I shouldn't be adding more books to my stack but….this sounds really good and the dog is so cute!
    Enter me please Dar for a chance! Thanks!
    cjay (at) iavalley (dot) edu

  33. How eerie it was to read how there is a question in the book about the Wolf hounds carrying souls, made me shudder. Must be a great read if just a tidbit makes me have a physical reaction! Would love to delve into the pages of Now and Then 🙂

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  34. I follow you and am very intrigued by the books you review, always interesting 🙂

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  37. I've always loved time travel. This sounds really good! I would love to win it!

    I'm already a follower.

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  38. I'd love a chance to be in on this giveaway, so please enter me!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

    I am also a follower of your blog.

  44. This sounds like something different!

    I've not encountered time travel with two travellers before.

    I'm a follower.

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  62. I'm looking forward to reading Anna & Joseph's stories. I've enjoyed time travel in other books and look forward to readng an author new to me. Ireland is a fun, mysterious, and beautiful setting. It would be nice to win a copy of Now & Then. My email is hotmail.com. jld

  66. Wow…. I'm so excited about finding your blog and I will definitely be following it. I'm always looking for a good read… and discovered your blog when doing a google search on Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs.

    Anyway… you are now on the top of my favorite list… and I'm spending the day (Black Friday) to look at your past entries.

    I can be reached at my blog : http://angiebeth.blogspot.com or at my email: angiedasner@yahoo.com

    Hope you have a super weekend!

  69. Sounds like a great book… I'm always a sucker for a time travel story. I'd love to have a copy. I'd even write a review.

    I added your giveaway to my blog and I'm now a follower here.

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  73. I'd like a chance to win this book. I just love the cover. I follow as you know, though I have been incredibly behind. I hope all is well with you.