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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea


I’ve got one more book today that would be a great read for you and your book club and I’ve got 3 copies of it to give away courtesy of Valerie at Hachette Book Group. What is it you ask? Well it’s Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. I sadly haven’t had a chance to read this one but I’m looking to remedy that this year.

Here’s a bit about the book…

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn’t the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village–they’ve all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men–her own “Siete Magníficos”–to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman’s quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.

This really does sound fantastic. I think there’s a lot to talk about as well within your book club like being a young woman living in a small Mexican village with the prospects being low where men are concerned. Not to mention being brave enough to leave her village in the hopes of repopulating her village and one thing that’s big to women everywhere – finding ourselves. I’ll post the Reading Guide when it’s up but in the meantime on Luis Alberto Urrea’s website there is a list of discussion topics for your book club to discuss which are just great.

Luis Alberto Urrea’s website
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have 3 copies of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea up for grabs courtesy of Hachette Book Group. To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave a comment with a way to contact you. No email, no entry anymore.
  • 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.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winners on Saturday, July 3, 2010. Good luck!

Comments

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  4. I'd love to read this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  7. Sounds good! Please enter me for it.

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  15. This looks like a very intriguing book! Please enter me. 🙂 +1
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  17. Please count me in, it sounds like a really good book.

    +2 I am already a GFC follower!

    Thanks!
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  23. Magnificent Seven was a great movie, and this sounds like a great book.

    +2 I follow through Google Reader.

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  28. Please enter me – it sounds like a fantastic book! Thanks so much!

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  35. Another great contest with another great book.
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  36. Dar, I would love the chance to win and read this book, so please count me in!!

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    I am also a follower of your blog through google reader!

  40. Yes please!
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  45. What an interesting plot! Please count me in…
    Many thanks, Cindi
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  46. I follow your blog via Google Friend Connect and my Google Reader Page…
    Again, many thanks!
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    #1

  49. This sounds like a very heart rendering book. I would love to read it.
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  54. Thank you for hosting this great giveaway. 🙂

    I'm a follower. 🙂

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  55. I need a replacement copy for the one that was "borrowed" from my shelves! I was so looking forward to reading it, too!

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  62. please enter me, this sounds like a really interesting read!

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  64. I remember wanting to read this when it first came out. Count me in, please! :0)

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  71. Sounds like a great book! Thanks for the chance.

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