Friday, October 7, 2011

ARE YOU LISTENING? FRIDAY: THE LEFTOVERS AUDIO BOOK - PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY" 
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THE LEFTOVERS
BY TOM PERROTTA
READ BY DENNIS BOUTSIKARIS
ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:
What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished?  Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?
That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children. 

Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin’s own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne.  Only Kevin’s teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she’s definitely not the sweet “A” student she used to be.  Kevin wants to help her, but he’s distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.

With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
TOM PERROTTA is the author of six works of fiction, including The Wishbones and Joe College.  His novels Election and Little Children were made into acclaimed and award-winning movies.  He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. To find our more about Tom Perrotta, visit his website HERE.
ABOUT THE READER:
Dennis Boutsikaris, winner of AudioFile magazine’s 2008 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, has recorded more than 80 audiobooks for publishers in the United States and Great Britain.  His critically-acclaimed work has garnered four Golden Earphone awards from AudioFile magazine and four Audies from the Audio Publishers of America. His performances include reading novels by Richard North Patterson, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, and Joseph Finder. 

Dennis has appeared in numerous Broadway, television, and film roles. He played Mozart on Broadway in Amadeus, and has appeared on television shows including Shameless, The Good Wife, House M.D., Grey’s Anatomy, ER and Law & Order.  He has won two Obie Awards—one for Outstanding Performance in Nest of the Wood Grouse and one for Outstanding Performance in Sight Unseen. His films include W., The Education of Charlie Banks, *batteries not included, Dream Team, Boys on the Side, and Crocodile Dundee 2.

PRAISE FOR THE LEFTOVERS:
"[Perrotta's] most ambitious book to date....The premise is as simple as it is startling (certainly for the characters involved). The novel is filled with those who have changed their lives radically or discovered something crucial about themselves, as radical upheaval generates a variety of coping mechanisms. Though the tone is more comic than tragic, it is mainly empathic, never drawing a distinction between "good" and "bad" characters, but recognizing all as merely human—ordinary people dealing with an extraordinary situation." 
Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"Ever since Little Children, Tom Perrotta has been a master chronicler of suburban ennui, but he takes things to a new level with his wry, insightful, unputdownable novel The Leftovers...Profoundly entertaining...The Leftovers brims with joy, hilarity, tenderness and hope."
--Marie Claire

GIVEAWAY 
THANKS TO ESTHER AND FRIENDS AT
MACMILLAN AUDIO BOOKS , I HAVE ONE
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TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER
 
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GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
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GOOD LUCK!
     

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I'm intrigued as how and why ... I wonder if this has some underlying religious belief swirling around its inner core. Thanks for the opportunity.

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What makes this sound interesting is the finding love through tragedy and how we have to move forwards
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I have read samples of Perrotta's works and have enjoyed them.
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I have a friend who's always fretting about the ends times and the rapture. This seems to be a twist on that, so I'd like to read the authors take on it.

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In the Town of Rocky Mount, NC 7women of ill repute have been disappearing for the last five years, and the police have no leads until this year. A man had been killing and burying them. Such a loss for their familys, one is still missing and the police only have DNA proof on one of the women.I know the audio is fiction but this is happening too much.
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Gwendolyn B. said...

I just think this is an amazingly interesting premise for a book. The author could take the story just about anywhere, and I'm really curious to find out how he handles it. Plus, I particularly like that this is an audio - there are certain books that just work better for me as a listen and I think this will be one of them. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!


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Sounds like quite a story about loss and moving on in one's life after. Very interesting!

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The Sudden Departure brings to mind the art exhibit I saw in St. Flavie where the cement statues go out into the St. Lawerence River. It was called the Great Rapture.

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