Sunday, August 16, 2009

GIVEAWAY: ARC Of Bees and Mist

Synopsis

Reminiscent of Keith Donohue's The Stolen Child, Erick Setiawan's richly atmospheric debut is a beautiful, engrossing fable of three generations of women in two families; their destructive jealousies, their loves and losses, their sacrifices and deeply rooted deceptions, and their triumphs.

Of Bees and Mist is the tale of Meridia -- raised in a sepulchral house where ghosts dwell in mirrors, she spends her childhood feeling neglected and invisible. Every evening her father vanishes inside a blue mist without so much as an explanation, and her mother spends her days venomously beheading cauliflowers in the kitchen. At sixteen, desperate to escape, Meridia marries a tenderhearted young man and moves into his seemingly warm and charming family home. Little does she suspect that his parents are harboring secrets of their own. There is a grave hidden in the garden. There are two sisters groomed from birth to despise each other. And there is Eva, the formidable matriarch whose grievances swarm the air like an army of bees. In this haunting story, Setiawan takes Meridia on a tumultuous ride of hope and heartbreak as she struggles to keep her young family together and discovers long-kept secrets about her own past as well as the shocking truths about her husband's family.

Readers of magic-realist fiction will instantly be captivated by this richly evocative fairy tale. Of Bees and Mist takes place in a nameless town during a timeless era, where spirits and spells, witchcraft and demons, ghosts and clairvoyance -- both real and imagined -- are an everyday reality. Setiawan skillfully blends the real and the fantastical as he follows our heroine over a 30-year time span in which her love, courage, and sanity are tested to the limit.


My Thoughts:

I have read that ARCs should not be kept, but should be passed on, as that is what they are meant to be. So while I loved this ARC (see my review), I will be passing it on for someone else, and hope that they will do the same. Hopefully this will come out in paperback eventually, and I will then buy it for my permanent library.

GIVEAWAY: Win an ARC of the book Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan

Rules (don't you just hate rules?):
  • You must be 18 years or older
  • Open to US and Canada residents only
  • To enter, just comment below. Be sure to leave your email address in your comment, or have it visible in your profile.
  • For extra entries, follow my blog and/or blog about this contest. One extra entry for each. Sidebars are okay.
  • Leave a separate comment for each entry.
  • That's a total of 3 possible entries!
  • Those who don't follow the rules risk being disqualified.

Deadline is August 30th.

Good Luck! Ready, Set, Go!

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great book...please count me in. thanks.

karen k
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(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Heather, I wsould love to win/read this one:

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thanks

Anonymous said...

I'd love to get my hands on this one! I'm a follower.
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Anonymous said...

Please enter my name in your draw. Thanks.
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Anonymous said...

I am a follower of your blog.
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Darlene said...

I'd love to enter for this one. I've been trying to get my hands on a copy.

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Darlene said...

I follow your blog.

Paula said...

I have wanted to read this for a long time. Thanks for having the giveaway. I am a follower thru bloglines.
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mrsshukra said...

You got me curious about this book, count me in!

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mrsshukra said...

Follower!

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Melissa said...

Hello :) Please count me in for this, I would love to read it. Thanks!

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-.- said...

Please enter me as well.

~ Popin
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-.- said...

I've also left a link on my sidebar.

Thanks again

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Debbie F said...

Please enter me! Thanks
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Debbie F said...

I follow!
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A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

Please enter me in the giveaway!

Thanks,
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A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

I also follow.
Amanda
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M.A.D. said...

Mary D
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What a wonderfully beautiful book - I would so love to read this! :)

Andrea said...

I'd love to read this

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mindy said...

sounds like a great read thanks minsthins at optonline dot net

Jennifer said...

This sounds very interesting! Thanks.

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Ali said...

What a creative story! I would love to read this, I am always looking for different takes on fantasy novels. Thank you for the giveaway!

Sarah Z said...

Sounds like a great read - love finding new authors!
Thanks
Sarah
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D Q said...

Would love to add this book to my library.

Andrea said...

sounds interesting, id love to read it

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Jenny said...

just made it!

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Tiffany819 said...

i would love a chance to win! Thank you!!

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Bcteagirl said...

I could really use a good book to take me away right now. I hope I am not too late to enter!