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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

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This is a fabulous giveaway – 3 copies of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker courtesy of Valerie of Hachette Book Group up for grabs. Now I read this book last year and it was one of my favorites of the year (see my review here). It’s a really good book that would be just great for book clubs!

Here’s a bit about the book:

When Truly Plaice’s mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother’s death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated–Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers.

Serena Jane’s beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book–containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers–has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly’s biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on.

When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly’s brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling–the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques–hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan’s family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly’s reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

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As I said I think this book would make a great book club selection. I read it with my very good friend Toni from A Circle of Books who is in my book club The Page Turners and we had a lot of great discussions about it. There is so much to talk about as this story is quite filled with drama. Make sure and check out the Reading Group Guide that Hachette has supplied for The Little Giant of Aberdeen County here. It would be a huge help when getting your book club discussion organized.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have 3 copies of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker to give away. 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 let me know in your comment.
  • For 3 entries blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) as the publisher will be sending the books directly to the winners. I will draw for the winners on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Good luck to you all!

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  1. I remember when this book came out and I really wanted to read it. Thanks for the giveaway!
    Staciele(at)netins(dot)net

  4. I loved this book, and no longer have my copy. I'd love to win one.

    bibliophilebythesea AT gmail DOT com

  6. No need to enter me. I just wanted to say that I am in the middle of the audio right now, and it is a wonderful story!

  7. Another great sounding book! Please enter me for this giveaway. Thanks

    I am a follower

    alongtheway(at)telus(dot)net

  9. Oh – this has been on my list to read for quite sometime. I would love to be entered in your giveaway.

    I love following your blog as well 🙂

    Mstermind1 at gmail dot com

  11. I've tried to win this book a couple of times now, or get an arc but no luck so far. I really want to read this book. Please enter me, I have been a follower for some time now. Thank you.

    sfuhringer (AT)sympatico(dot)ca

  19. Count me in! This sounds like a great read and I've read some really good reviews of it.

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  24. I have been completely turned off by the cover of this book, but I keep seeing very positive reviews. Guess it's time to give the book a try. Thanks for the giveaway.

    I follow through Google Reader

  33. I have wanted to read this, what a perfect time for a giveaway! Please count me in!

    I'm already a follower.

    Thanks.
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  41. Thanks for the great giveaway! I would love to win. 🙂

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    +2 for following

  45. I remember reading about this and intending to get myself a copy. I'd love to win it.

    wolfcarol451(at)gmail(dot)com

  48. always loved the cover and loved the plot would love to finally read it

    wheresmyrain at yahoo dot com

  49. Hi again!
    Please enter me for this one too.
    I am a follower.
    I will post about this on Mon.

    Thanks
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  54. I've never heard of this book until I read your review and it sounds like a really good book. Thank you for this giveaway and please count me in.

    chinook92 at gmail dot com

  61. I've had this on my wish list for quite some time – please throw my name in!

    I am a follower.

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  67. This one has been on my Wish List for awhile now. Please count me in. Thanks!

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  76. Wow, what a description! Sounds like a stupendous read and one with many lessons. I would LOVE to read this, so please accept this as my entry. Thank you!

    Aliya D.
    aliyadaya(at)shaw(dot)ca

  77. Oh Dar this book sounds so good to dive into and I would love to be a winner of one of these awesome books
    Thanks
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  78. Enjoyed the review – please enter me. Thanks!

    I am a follower

    Colleen (leenbeen2001 at yahoo dot com)

  79. Loved your review of this book!

    Thank you for the entry!

    I'm a follower!

    Wendy
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  80. I would love to read this book, enter me in the contest please!

    I am a follower.

    emily DOT wittenberg @ gmail DOT com

  83. I've had this book on my radar for a while … I'd love to win a copy.

    I follow you on Google Reader, Dar 🙂

    dawn [at] sheistoofondofbooks [dot] com

  97. I have heard good reviews of this book. I would really like to read it.
    I am a follower
    JWIsley(at)aol(dot)com

  109. Sounds very interesting. I'd love a chance to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net