Giveaways for February/March: the Luck of the Irish to You!

February 11, 2010

Enter the Drawing for a Free Book

before St. Patrick’s Day!

We regularly give away signed copies of Joy’s books, and you’ve come to the right place to enter.

The next drawing will take place on St. Patrick’s Day.  So, the luck of the Irish to you!

The winner will have his or her choice of the two books below:

A collection of stories, poems and essays from various seasons of women’s lives, GRIT & GRACE was described by The Chicago Tribune as: “Written with much heart and wit, this little gem of a book touches on the ordinary and profound experiences that make up a woman’s life . . . a poignant and satisfying collection . . . funny and sad, inspiring and awfully surprising.”

OR


Winner of the 2009 Christy Award for First Novel

Chosen as the 2009 Common Book for Baylor University

“Funny and beautifully crafted” –Leif Enger, bestselling author of Peace Like a River

For more information on Blue Hole Back Home, please see Joy Jordan-Lake’s website under Books-Fiction in the menu bar and under the main page feature article at bottom left

To be including in the drawing, just leave your name and a brief comment–a one-line hello is fine–on this blog.

If you’re part of an academic or community group, book club, or other organization that might consider using one of Joy’s books for discussion, please let us know.

If your name is drawn, we’ll contact you to request a mailing address for the free book. All names not drawn will be automatically entered in the next drawing.

And a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!


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  1. Lynn Chalfoun says:
    February 23, 2010 at 3:46 am

    Joy, I’d love to win a copy of Grit and Grace (since I just got a copy of Blue Hole Back Home, but haven’t started it yet…) Now I’ll check out the new blog.
    -Lynn

  2. Angelia Hulsey Carpenter says:
    February 23, 2010 at 3:54 am

    Hi friend!
    I really enjoyed Blue Hole Back Home. I’ve had lots of time to read lately. Hugs to you and Todd!

    Angelia

  3. Mindy Greene says:
    February 28, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    I’m just getting familiar with works of Joy…what an incredible privilege it is to read her writings. I do have some Irish blood in me. We will see if it helps.

    Mindy

  4. Jennifer McRoy says:
    March 10, 2010 at 10:43 am

    One of my favorite teachers! I love her writings!

  5. Ruth says:
    March 10, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Congratulations on your beautiful work, Joy.

  6. Saun Whittenburg says:
    March 10, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I would love to win your book Joy! You know how much I loved the Blue Hole. Can’t wait to read it!

  7. Anne L. S. B. Davis says:
    March 10, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    Hey, Joy. I’m reading March right now (timely, hmm?). I know you’ve read it–don’t know how it relates to your URR story, but I look forward to comparing…

  8. Gwen Tatum says:
    March 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    I borrowed Chrissi Cooley’s Blue Hole book, so I’d love to get my own copy. Loved it!

  9. Barbara Higgins says:
    March 10, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    Blue Hole is a great book! I highly recommend it!

  10. Libby Pilgrim says:
    March 11, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Joy, I so enjoyed the book. We will definately enjoy reviewing it in our book club. Thanks!

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BLUE HOLE BACK HOME Chosen as Common Book, Classroom Text and Summer Reading

Blue Hole Back Home is being used in universities, high schools and community settings to spur discussions on American culture, history, and diversity. The novel was selected, for example, as the 2009 Common Book for Baylor University's first-year students, who met in small groups to consider issues of courage, reconciliation and social transformation. Want to know more about how Blue Hole Back Home might function in your academic, book club or community setting? You can see a television interview about how one high school is using the novel, watch a brief trailer with audio from the first chapter, and read more information under the Books-Fiction pull down menu above. You'll also find entries related to Blue Hole--including hearing the music behind the book-- on Joy's blog at bottom right of this page.

Intrigued with the Underground Railroad or the Great Hunger of Ireland or Pre-Civil War Boston and Charleston? STEAL AWAY is a Novel-in-Progress

On a sultry Charleston, South Carolina, morning in 1822, two boys, one a slave and the other the son of a white prostitute, witness the hanging of slave revolt leader Denmark Vesey. The consequences of that day, brutal and far-reaching, set the tumultuous course for their adult lives. The toughest thing about writing Steal Away? The actual history is too incredible. Joy perpetually feels inadequate to the task: Slaves mailing themselves to the North, or escaping, disguised, in plain view. Secret networks of abolitionists. Slaveholders riven with guilt. Cities teeming with new ideas, inventions, excitement--and a world of new problems. Ordinary people staking their lives on what they believe America is--or ought to become.

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