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Book Spotlight: Gossip by Beth Gutcheon & Giveaway

March 20, 2012 by Darlene

Good day everyone!  Today is the release date for Gossip by Beth Gutcheon so we’re going to learn a bit about the book and as an added bonus I’m going to give away a copy to one of my readers.  This novel had me at part of the description which is powerful and emotionally devastating – a novel of betrayal and friendship, etc.  This sure does sound like a book I’m going to enjoy and when I received my copy the other day I wanted nothing more than to tuck right into it.  Unfortunately it’s not to be right now, but soon hopefully.  In the meantime let’s learn more about the book…

 

About Gossip by Beth Gutcheon (from Beth’s website)

The critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, and More Than You Know returns with a sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about all the ways we talk about one another, the sometimes fine line between showing concern and doing damage, and the difficulty of knowing the true obligations of friendship.

Loviah “Lovie” French owns a small, high-end dress shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Renowned for her taste, charm, and discretion, Lovie is the one to whom certain women turn when they need “just the thing” for key life events: baptisms and balls, weddings and funerals. Among those who depend on Lovie’s sage advice are her two best friends since boarding school days: Dinah Wainwright and Avis Metcalf. Despite the love they share for their mutual friend, there has always been a chilly gulf between Dinah and Avis, the result of a perceived slight from decades ago that has unimaginably tragic echoes many years later.

An astute chronicler of all that makes us human, Beth Gutcheon delivers her most powerful and emotionally devastating novel to date. Gossip is a tale of intimacy and betrayal, trust and fidelity, friendship and motherhood that explores the way we use “information” — be it true, false, or imagined — to sustain, and occasionally destroy, one another.

Read an excerpt
Buy Gossip at Amazon US, Amazon Canada, B&N, IndieBound and the iBookstore

 

About Beth Gutcheon (from Beth’s website)

Beth Gutcheon grew up in western Pennsylvania. She was educated at Harvard where she took an honors BA in English literature. She has spent most of her adult life in New York City, except for sojourns in San Francisco and on the coast of Maine. In 1978, she wrote the narration for a feature-length documentary on the Kirov ballet school, The Children of Theatre Street, which was nominated for an Academy Award, and she has made her living fulltime as a storyteller (novelist and sometime screenwriter) since then. Her novels have been translated into fourteen languages, if you count the pirate Chinese edition of Still Missing, plus large print and audio format. Still Missing was made into a feature film called Without a Trace, and also published in a Reader’s Digest Condensed version which particularly pleased her mother. Several of her novels have been national bestsellers, including Still Missing, More Than You Know, and Leeway Cottage. All of the novels are available in new uniform paperback editions from HarperPerennial.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have one copy of Gossip by Beth Gutcheon to share with my readers.  To enter…

  • For 1 entry simply leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog. If you already do, thanks and please let me know so I can pass the extra entry on to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway and spread the word.
  • For 4 entries, follow me on NetWorked Blogs.  Click here to be taken directly there.  Log into your Facebook account and click follow.  Thanks!

This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, April 7/12.  Good luck!

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  1. Diane Bojda says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:11 am

    Thanks so much for having another great giveaway. Say hi & hug Sammy for me. 😉

  2. Diane Bojda says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:19 am

    https://twitter.com/#!/Dyniy/status/182002147645337600
    Oops, I forgot to say I’m a follower on Networked Blogs Too.(Diane Feryo Bojda)

  3. Krista says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:21 am

    This sounds neat, for a lack of another word. I would love to read this, how do we all talk about one another? Thanks for the chance to win! I’m a follower, tweeted and also follow you on networked. Thanks

  4. Lisa Garrett says

    March 20, 2012 at 4:43 am

    The way we talk about one another sometimes impacts lives harshly. I would love to read this.

  5. Lisa Garrett says

    March 20, 2012 at 4:43 am

    I follow via GFC and email.

  6. Lisa Garrett says

    March 20, 2012 at 4:44 am

    Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/lag32583/status/182054867580366848

  7. Lisa Garrett says

    March 20, 2012 at 4:44 am

    I follow via networked blogs.

  8. zibilee says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:47 am

    Oh, I have been hearing such interesting things about this book, and so want to read it! It sounds very scandalous, and like something that would really keep me engaged. I’d love to be entered in your giveaway, Dar! Thanks for hosting it!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

  9. bermudaonion (Kathy) says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:57 am

    This sounds like a fabulous read. I’d love to be entered. Thanks for the giveaway!

  10. bermudaonion (Kathy) says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:58 am

    I subscribe via RSS feed in Google Reader.

  11. debbie says

    March 20, 2012 at 7:16 am

    I would love to read this book, it sounds really good. Gossip can do so much damage.
    twoofaknd12@yahoo.com

  12. debbie says

    March 20, 2012 at 7:17 am

    I am a gfc follower
    debbie
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

  13. Ellie says

    March 20, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for this interesting giveaway. I am an e-mail subscriber.

  14. wall-to-wall books-wendy says

    March 20, 2012 at 9:26 am

    OH! This book sounds so good!
    I just downloaded “Still Missing” onto my nook!

    please enter me for this giveaway!
    I am a follower
    I posted it on my sidebar
    forevereading at gmail dot com

  15. Mary Ann Woods says

    March 20, 2012 at 10:08 am

    Love the cover of the book! It would get my attention anywhere. I follow you via email. Thanks for the giveaway.

  16. Kaye says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:13 am

    OMG! I loved Beth Gutcheon’s book Leeway Cottage.This one sounds like it will be great.

  17. Kaye says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:13 am

    GFC follower

  18. Kaye says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Network blogs follower

  19. Amy Richardson says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:14 am

    This book sounds absolutely fantastic! I’d love to give it a good read. Thanks for doing this giveaway!

  20. sagustocox says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:20 am

    no need to enter me, but I wanted to stop by and say hello and make sure you are well.

  21. amandasue says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    I’d love a chance to read this 🙂

  22. amandasue says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    gfc follower thanks!

  23. Linda Kish says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I would love to win a copy of this book.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  24. Linda Kish says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I am a GFC follower

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  25. Carl says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    Congratulations to Beth on her release day (sounds kinda like she’s getting out of prison, doesn’t it?).
    Please enter my name in the draw to win Gossip.
    I follow your blog by email: carlscott(at)prodigy(dot)net(dot)mx
    I Tweeted about the giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/carlrscott/status/182185275378769921
    I follow your blog on Networked blogs as well: (Carl Scott)
    Thanks!

  26. Toni says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    Hi Dar… No need to enter me. That cover is FANTASTIC. It sounds like a good book. Just wanted to say hi to you, Sammy, and peek at Buddy too! Your blog is fantastic.

  27. Tanya Quilts in CO says

    March 20, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    I am also a follower!

  28. Ann* says

    March 20, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    yes gossip can cause problems especially to the person being talked about especially if it isnt true

  29. Ann* says

    March 20, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    email subscriber
    GFC follower – amhengst
    FB -amhengst

  30. Patricia Boyle says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    Thank you for offering this contest. I am an avid reader and always appreciate the opportunity to win a book.

  31. Staci says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    Love the sound of this one!!!!

    stacijoreads@gmail.com

  32. Susan @ The Book Bag says

    March 20, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    Sounds like a fun book – thanks for the chance!

    I am a GFC follower.

    And I now follow via Networked Blogs.

    suzebomb(at)gmail.com

  33. Mary says

    March 20, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    Don’t enter me in the giveaway, Dar. My review will post tomorrow. I liked it!

  34. bn100 says

    March 20, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    Very interesting book.

  35. bn100 says

    March 20, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    I follow the blog.

  36. Colleen Turner says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:29 am

    Wow this sounds good! It is so true that what people say about others behind there backs can do a lot of damage, and not always only emotionally. It can ruin reputations, lose jobs, etc. Thanks for the giveaway!

  37. Colleen Turner says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:29 am

    I am a GFC follower (Colleen Turner) and email subscriber.

  38. Colleen Turner says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:30 am

    I am a Networked Blogs follower (Colleen Turner).

  39. Margaret says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:38 am

    Sounds like a good read!

    +2 blog follower
    +3 tweeted on twitter
    +4network blog follower

    Margaret
    singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com

  40. Jane Squires says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:48 am

    Please enter me to win. I have not read any books by this author and would love to.

  41. Kathy P says

    March 23, 2012 at 9:22 am

    Sounds like a good read. Please enter me.

  42. Kathy P says

    March 23, 2012 at 9:23 am

    GFC follower

  43. Debbie Kennedy says

    March 23, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    Thanks for making this open to Canadians. I love these book giveaways!

  44. karenk says

    March 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

    thanks for the chance to read this novel 🙂

  45. karenk says

    March 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

    i’m a follower 🙂

  46. Anita Yancey says

    March 24, 2012 at 8:22 am

    This definitely sounds like my kind of book. I just love gossip. I would throughly enjoy reading it. Please enter me. Thanks!
    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  47. Anita Yancey says

    March 24, 2012 at 8:23 am

    Follow on GFC as Anita Yancey.
    Email Subscriber
    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  48. Christine says

    March 25, 2012 at 10:24 am

    Thank you for the giveaway!

  49. Maureen says

    March 28, 2012 at 10:04 am

    It looks like a good story.
    I follow on GFC
    I follow on Networked Blogs
    Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/MaureenCE/status/185034453578563584

  50. kay swederski says

    March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

    This sounds like a book I would enjoy. Thanks for the giveaway.

  51. kay swederski says

    March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

    GFC follower – kayswederski

  52. Farin says

    April 1, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    You have such a cute dog. Thank you once again for a great giveaway.

    I follow via networked blogs, facebook, and GFC

  53. Patricia says

    April 4, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Count me in, I’d love to read this.

  54. Patricia says

    April 4, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Follow your blog.

  55. Patricia says

    April 4, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    Tweeted:
    https://twitter.com/#!/CapitalismRox/status/187721916231073793

  56. Patricia says

    April 4, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    Follow with Networked Blogs.

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