As we said a couple weeks ago, it’s summer time and that means that people are probably traveling and needing entertainment while they do so. We know that we really only have about one month left of the season, and how scary is it that soon it will be winter again before we know it. But because of that, we’re feeling extra generous, and are therefore throwing ANOTHER giveaway. So if you feel like you missed out on some previous ones, now’s the time for another chance!! One is an acclaimed novel by Celeste Ng, author of “Little Fires Everywhere”, and the other is a book by the horror master himself Stephen King!
Book: “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng
Publishing Info: Penguin Press, 2014
Book Description: Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.
So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos.
A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.
Book: “Revival” by Stephen King
Publishing Info: Scribner, 2014
Book Description: In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs Jacobs; the women and girls – including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister – feel the same about Reverend Jacobs. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.
Then tragedy strikes the Jacobs family; the preacher curses God, mocking all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. In his mid-thirties, he is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate, he sees Jacobs again – a showman on stage, creating dazzling ‘portraits in lightning’ – and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. Because for every cure there is a price…
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
Giveaway details: We are giving away one (1) hardback copy of “Everything I Never Told You” and one (1) hardback copy of “Revival.” The giveaway is open to US residents only and ends July 29, 2018.
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