Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Book #Giveaway: To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal


About the Book:


Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that "picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio." Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back.

Twenty years later, Judith's marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say? 

TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget.



About the Author:


Tom McNeal was born in Santa Ana, California, where his father and grandfather raised oranges. He spent part of every summer at the Nebraska farm where his mother was born and raised, and after earning a BA in English at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine, he taught school in the town that was the inspiration for his first novel, Goodnight, Nebraska. Tom has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, and his short stories have been widely anthologized.



Two lucky readers will get to win a copy of this book thanks to Anna from Hachette!
How do you win? It's easy!
Just complete the Rafflecopter entry and see the rules at the bottom.




Disclosure: I received no compensation in product or money for writing this post.

22 comments:

Dina said...

I do remember my first love... high school - then my lips are sealed ;-) Great minds again today!

PoCoKat said...

I do, high school as well.

Tiffany Drew said...

I do. High school here too.

Tore said...

Thanks for the giveaway. I can't wait to read this book. Tore923@aol.com

Colleen Turner said...

Yes, it seems all of our first loves were in high school :). I would have to say, though, that my high school love was more "puppy love" than real love. The first real love I had was with my husband, who I met when I was 21.

Carole Spring said...

I do remember - I started loving him when I was in 5th grade.
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rubynreba said...

My first love was actually in 2nd Grade. There was a cute boy that all of the girls loved! I still remember him.
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lgm52 said...

Oh, my...of course..
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shana said...

My first love...I was probably about 5. The boy next door!
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Anita Yancey said...

I do remember my first love. We dated all through high school, and then he broke up with me and broke my heart.

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amweeks said...

I definitely remember my first love! And I'm actually friends with him on facebook now...after all those years! He's married to a lovely woman, with 3 adorable daughters and is apparently doing well professionally. I'm so happy for him!

Meredith said...

I remember him. I haven't spoken with him in years.

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Susan said...

Yes. He's my hubby.

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Bethie said...

Yes, I remember my first love.

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Amy (ArtsyBookishGal) said...

I don't know if he was a "love" but it was in high school and totally unrequited. How tragic!

BrittanyGale said...

Have been wanting to read this one. Thanks for the giveaway!!

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Diana said...

Don't we always remember our first love?
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Lori Thomas said...

I do... high school

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Rae T. (Auqakuh) said...

Yes, I remember my first love very fondly.
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