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Paperback Release of -Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan & Giveaway

July 7, 2010 by Darlene


Today marks the paperback release of – Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan by Simon & Schuster! Believe it or not this book has been on my wishlist to read for ages as I’ve heard so many good things about it. Well this summer the plan is to read it! There’s even a Reading Group Guide provided by Simon & Schuster if you choose to read this novel with your book club. Maybe I can drum some reading buddies up around the blog world that haven’t read it yet!

About the Book (from Simon & Schuster)

Raised in a sepulchral house where ghosts dwell in mirrors, Meridia grows up lonely and miserable. But at age sixteen, she has a chance at happiness when she falls in love with Daniel-a caring and naive young man. Soon they marry, and Meridia can finally escape to live with her husband’s family, unaware that they harbor dark secrets of their own. There is a grave hidden in the garden, there are two sisters groomed from birth to despise each other, and there is Eva-the formidable matriarch and the wickedest mother-in-law imaginable-whose grievances swarm the air in an army of bees. As Meridia struggles to keep her life and marriage together, she discovers long-buried secrets about her own past as well as shocking truths about her new family that inexorably push her love, courage, and sanity to the brink.

Of Bees and Mist is an engrossing fable that chronicles three generations of women under one family tree over a period of thirty years-their galvanic love and passion, their shifting alliances, their superstitions and complex domestic politics-and places them in a mythical town where spirits and spells, witchcraft and demons, and prophets and clairvoyance are an everyday reality. Erick Setiawan’s astonishing debut is a richly atmospheric and tumultuous ride of hope and heartbreak that is altogether touching, truthful, and entirely memorable.

About the Author (from Simon & Schuster)

Erick Setiawan was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents and moved to the United States in 1991. He is a graduate of Stanford University and currently lives in San Francisco.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

To celebrate the paperback release of – Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan I have 1 copy up for grabs courtesy of Simon & Schuster! To enter…

  • Leave me a comment with your email address so I can easily contact you – please don’t forget as I’m deleting entries with no email addresses.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, July 31/10. Good luck everyone!

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  1. DarcyO says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:25 am

    Please include me. I'd love to read this one.

    dlodden at frontiernet dot net

  2. Sandra K321 says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:36 am

    Sounds like this might be an interesting book. Please enter me.

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  3. Martha Lawson says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:37 am

    This one sounds like one I'd love to read! Please enter me.

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  4. misskallie2000 says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:50 am

    Pls count me in. This sounds like a book I would love to read.

    Thanks for the opportunity to enter.

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  5. Heather says

    July 7, 2010 at 3:46 am

    This sounds like one of those books that you can't put down once you start.

    Please enter me in your contest.

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  6. J.T. Oldfield says

    July 7, 2010 at 4:08 am

    please enter me!

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  7. Michele at Reader's Respite says

    July 7, 2010 at 4:50 am

    Oh how exciting! I'd love to enter!

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  8. Tea says

    July 7, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    I have wanted to read Of Bees and mist.

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  9. Vivienne says

    July 7, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    Ooh I have this and keep forgetting to read it. Thanks for reminding me Dar.

  10. Team JC says

    July 7, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    Please count me in! Thanks for the chance!
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  11. traveler says

    July 7, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Thanks for this interesting giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

  12. tetewa says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    I'd like to be included, count me in! tWarner419@aol.com

  13. Bethie says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Please count me in. Thanks for the chance. I am a follower.

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  14. Beachreader says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    This looks lik a great book to read on a stormy summer night.
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  15. petite says

    July 7, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    A fascinating novel which interests me. thanks for this chance. rojosho(at)hotmail(dot)com

  16. Zibilee says

    July 7, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    I just got this one in the mail last week and am so excited to read it!! No need to enter me. I hope you love it!!

  17. Sandy Jay says

    July 7, 2010 at 6:50 pm

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  18. Ann Diana Dinh, says

    July 7, 2010 at 6:57 pm

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  19. Becca says

    July 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Please enter me. It sounds great.

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  20. Colleen Turner says

    July 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    I have had this book on my TBR list for so long now! Would love a chance to win a copy!
    Thanks,
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  21. Anonymous says

    July 7, 2010 at 8:47 pm

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  22. Pamela Keener says

    July 7, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    I would love to win this giveaway.
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  23. Debbie says

    July 7, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    I haven't read it yet but I'd love to!
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  24. Carol M says

    July 7, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    This sounds like a book I would really like! Please enter me. Thank you!
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  25. Angela says

    July 7, 2010 at 11:21 pm

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  26. Margie says

    July 8, 2010 at 12:45 am

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  27. holdenj says

    July 8, 2010 at 1:25 am

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  28. EmilyJoy says

    July 8, 2010 at 2:31 am

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  29. Sue says

    July 8, 2010 at 2:41 am

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  30. Anonymous says

    July 8, 2010 at 4:17 pm

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  31. Rachel says

    July 8, 2010 at 4:18 pm

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  32. allisonsbj3 says

    July 8, 2010 at 8:50 pm

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  33. Charleydog says

    July 9, 2010 at 12:31 am

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  34. Katia says

    July 9, 2010 at 1:56 am

    I won't put this one down until I know everyone's deep dark secrets.
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  35. Linda Kish says

    July 9, 2010 at 2:41 am

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  36. missreneer says

    July 9, 2010 at 3:29 am

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    July 9, 2010 at 5:55 am

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  38. Anita Yancey says

    July 9, 2010 at 3:20 pm

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    July 10, 2010 at 5:44 am

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    July 10, 2010 at 7:46 pm

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    July 11, 2010 at 1:20 am

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  44. Lisa says

    July 11, 2010 at 7:09 pm

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  45. My name is Patricia says

    July 11, 2010 at 8:53 pm

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  46. Anonymous says

    July 12, 2010 at 2:18 pm

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  47. Diane says

    July 13, 2010 at 11:55 pm

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    July 15, 2010 at 10:03 pm

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    July 16, 2010 at 8:32 am

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    July 22, 2010 at 4:31 pm

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    July 22, 2010 at 5:10 pm

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    July 24, 2010 at 11:06 pm

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  56. Nancye says

    August 1, 2010 at 3:50 am

    Sounds like an interesting book! Thanks for the chance.

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