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The Repeat Year by Andrea Lochen: Book Spotlight & Giveaway (US only)

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I’m spotlighting a couple of great summer reads this week starting with The Repeat Year by Andrea Lochen.  I’m listening to this one and really enjoying it.  A woman gets a chance to relive the last year of her life and maybe fix past mistakes – which of us doesn’t wish we could do that!  I know I sure wouldn’t mind that opportunity!  Take a look at what the book is about and be sure to enter for your chance to win a copy at the end of the post.

 

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About The Repeat Year

Everyone has days, weeks, even months they wish they could do over—but what about an entire year? After living through the worst twelve months of her life, intensive care nurse Olive Watson is given a second chance to relive her past and attempt to discover where she went wrong.

After a year of hardships including a messy breakup with her longtime boyfriend Phil, the prospect of her mother’s remarriage, and heartbreaking patient losses at the hospital, Olive is ready to start fresh. But when she wakes up in her ex-boyfriend’s bed on New Year’s Day 2011—a day she has already lived—Olive’s world is turned upside down.

Shouldering a year of memories that no one else can recall, even Olive begins to question herself—until she discovers that she is not alone. Crossing paths with Sherry Witan, an experienced “repeater,” Olive learns that she has the chance to rewrite her future. Given the opportunity of a lifetime, Olive has to decide what she really wants. Should she make different choices, or accept her life as she knows it, flaws and all?

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Buy at: Amazon, Amazon Canada, B&N, and IndieBound

 

About Andrea Lochen (photo from her website)

andrea-lochen-authorAndrea Lochen earned her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. While there, she won a Hopwood Novel Award for a draft of The Repeat Year. She currently lives in suburban Milwaukee with her husband and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US only)

I have one copy of The Repeat Year by Andrea Lochen to share with my US readers.  To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
  • Tweet, share on Facebook, or blog for 2 extra entries.

This giveaway is open to US residents only (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on June 8/13.  Good luck!

 

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  5. This book has an interesting premise!

    Please enter me in this lovely giveaway, Darlene. I’ll post it in my sidebar.

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  8. I love the premise of the story. Sounds like a fun read.
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  9. Wow, what a cool concept! As you pointed out, who wouldn’t want a chance for a do over or two :). Thanks for the chance to win a copy!

  11. Sounds great. Count me in, please.

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  13. This one sounds pretty interesting!! I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t change a thing.

  14. I fantazise about this all the time. Just remember some basic truths – we have the choices in our lives, etc. It would turn around your life. Bad things might still happen but your reaction to them would be different. If I was a writer I would have written a book like this. I can’t wait to read it.
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  16. I’m really looking forward to reading this book, written by Andrea Lochen. Not only is she a UM grad (BONUS!), but also it sounds like she can weave an incredible story! I can’t imagine being able to go back and correct/change your behavior and mistakes from the past year. What a magical opportunity!! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I finally win…..THIS book!!

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  17. This looks so great! Thanks for sharing with us! I adore that cover as well.
    Books like this make me wonder whether the author had any influence from friends and family while writing it.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
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  21. Sounds like a great read. Makes me wonder what I would do over if I had the chance.

  22. Thanks for offering this giveaway! Love the premise of the book. I think we’ve all wished for a do-over at one time or another!

  26. I have not read your books. Enter me please. If I win, I will review it.
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