Friday, March 13, 2015

ARE YOU LISTENING? MY SUNSHINE AWAY: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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MY SUNSHINE AWAY
Read by Kirby Heyborne
BY M. O. WALSH
  
ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:
My Sunshine Away unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson—free spirit, track star, and belle of the block—experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too.

In My Sunshine Away, M.O. Walsh brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime, unraveling families, and consuming adolescent love. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
M.O. Walsh’s fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Oxford American, The Southern Review, American Short Fiction, Epoch, and Best New American Voices, among others. He is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Mississippi and is currently the director of the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans, where he lives and works, happily, with his wife and family.

PRAISE FOR MY SUNSHINE AWAY:
“[A] wrenching and wondrous coming-of-age tale. Walsh’s debut novel is a mystery, a Louisiana mash note and a deeply compassionate, clear-eyed take on the addled teen-boy mind.” —People 

“Excellent… Walsh has an innate knack for plot and suspense, but the real pleasure here is his prose. This stunning and gracefully written debut novel is a total page-turner until the very end.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Both a tantalizing mystery and a tender coming-of-age story, My Sunshine Away is equally capable of making a reader cry…and scream…. And yet, you’re never exhausted trying to piece together clues to solve the crime. The power of the book lies in its spot-on characters…. Unputdownable.” —Oprah.com

“[A] rich, unexpected, exceptional book…. A gripping read that’s more than a thriller, more than a traditional Southern tale, My Sunshine Away is a brilliant meditation on the unpredictability and the lifelong effects of childhood events and relationships.” —Chicago Tribune

“Recalls the best of Pat Conroy: the rich Southern atmosphere, the interplay of darkness and light in adolescence, the combination of brisk narrative suspense with philosophical musings on memory, manhood, and truth…. Celebrate, fiction lovers: The gods of Southern gothic storytelling have inducted a junior member.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Suspenseful, compassionate, and absorbing, Walsh’s word-perfect rendering of the doubts, insecurities, bravado, and idealism of teens deserves to be placed in the hands of readers of Tom Franklin, Hannah Pittard, and Jeffrey Eugenides.” —Booklist (starred review)
  
“[A] haunting, mysterious debut.” —US Weekly

“[A] gripping 300-page debut novel that is already one of the year’s most anticipated books…. [P]itch perfect on details…Walsh [is] a master storyteller.” —The New Orleans Times Picayune

GIVEAWAY

 THANKS TO RICHARD AND THE FINE FOLKS AT
RANDOM/PENGUIN AUDIO, I HAVE ONE COPY
OF THIS FASCINATING AUDIO BOOK TO 
GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY WINNER!
  
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GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
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GOOD LUCK!

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I've read several novels around the deep south and I like the flavor and culture that these novels bring to the reader. This novel sounds like one that I would love to listen too. Thanks for the opportunity.

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