Giveaway: An Unexpected Guest by Anne Korkeakivi
Book Description:
Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. More unnerving is a recurring face in the crowd, one that belonged to another, darker era of her life. One she never expected to see again. But it can't be him....Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.
About Anne Korkeakivi:
Anne Korkeakivi grew up in New York City and western Massachusetts, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland, where her husband is with the United Nations. Her short stories have been published by The Yale Review, The Atlantic, The Bellevue Literary Review, and other magazines, and she has been made a Hawthornden Fellow. Her nonfiction has run in numerous periodicals in the US and the UK, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Times (UK), Gourmet, Ms., and Travel & Leisure. She has also lived, among other places, in France and Finland.This giveaway is for Canada and U.S. and ends on June 1, 2012. Please use Rafflecopter to enter.
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I love books set in foreign locations. Thank you for the giveaway. jtretin at aol dot com
JJT said... May 18, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Interesting to see how she pays homage to Mrs. Dalloway!
holdenj said... May 18, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Thanks for the giveaway. This sounds like an exciting story.
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Margie said... May 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM
This book has interested me for a while! Awesome!
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Debbie said... May 18, 2012 at 2:11 PM
This sounds so good! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
Colleen Turner said... May 18, 2012 at 2:11 PM
I love the description of the book, and especially the comparison to Virginia Woolfe, I absolutely love her work! :D Sounds very intriguing, indeed. Thank you SO much for the giveaway! :D
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~Enamored Soul~ said... May 18, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I have had this one on my wishlist.
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lag123 said... May 18, 2012 at 7:17 PM
I am currently reading this book therefore I will not be entering this giveaway. :)
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momma8385 said... May 18, 2012 at 9:13 PM
This book sounds terrific. I'd love to read it.
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Linda Kish said... May 19, 2012 at 8:41 AM
It sounds interesting to see who see encounters.
Maureen said... May 20, 2012 at 4:15 AM
Sounds like some interesting plots interwoven so the book keeps moving.
Sandra K321 said... May 20, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Sounds like an intriguing book.
bn100 said... May 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM
This looks like another must read! Thank you for the opportunity :)
Tiffany Drew said... May 22, 2012 at 5:10 PM
I've read Mrs. Dalloway but haven't come a book quite like it. It's interesting that in many ways this is in the sense of a simple act taking on so much power. It sounds like a complex but interesting story.
Na said... May 24, 2012 at 11:08 AM
I like that a person from Clare's past comes back in her life, it makes for a great story. Love to read the book. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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Anita Yancey said... May 24, 2012 at 5:29 PM
I'm gobsmacked. I was just thinking about this book and how I wanted to read it, and here it is! marvelous.
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AnnaZed said... May 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Crossing my fingers(toes too!) to win this book! Looks so wonderful!
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Kaizen Fashion Project said... May 27, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Thank you for the chance.
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momma8385 said... May 29, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Sounds like a great book! I would love to read it :)
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