The Help was one of my favorite books from 2009. So, I thought it would be a perfect choice for my February giveaway!
Summary:
The scene for this book is set in Mississippi 1962 where a young university graduate named Skeeter returns home to live with her parents. Before long, she lands a job writing housekeeping articles for the local newspaper. Not knowing much about housekeeping, Skeeter asks Aibileen, her friend Elizabeth’s black maid, for advice to write in the weekly column. The two meet often and become friends.
During this time, Skeeter’s other friend Hilly wants to start an initiative to ban black maids from using the same household bathrooms as white people. Skeeter thinks the initiative is unfair and discriminatory. With the help of Aibileen, Skeeter secretly begins collecting the stories of the local black maids for a book she is trying to pitch to an editor in New York City.
This little summary just doesn’t do the book justice. Enter my giveaway and read it yourself!
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This giveaway runs through the month of February (Feb 1, 2010 — Feb 28, 2010). The winner will be chosen at random using random.org and notified by email on March 1, 2010.
*Winners are restricted to the U.S. & Canada only.
Good Luck!
Thanks to Hachette Book Group I am able to offer this book to one lucky winner. If you’d like a copy, please read the instructions below and enter to win.
Summary from the Publisher:
You don’t have to be a student of geography or cartography to have an interest in the world around you, especially with globalization making our planet seem smaller than ever. Now you can IM someone in Alaska, purchase coffee beans from Timor-Leste, and visit Dubai. But what do we really know about these lands?
With its relevance to contemporary issues and culture, WHO OWNS THE WORLD makes for fascinating reading. Both entertaining and educational, it provides cocktail party conversation for years to come and is guaranteed to change the way you view the U.S. and the world.
WHO OWNS THE WORLD presents the results of the first-ever landownership survey of all 197 states and 66 territories of the world, and reveals facts both startling and eye-opening. You’ll learn that:
–Only 15% of the world’s population lays claim to landownership, and that landownership in too few hands is probably the single greatest cause of poverty.
–Queen Elizabeth II owns 1/6 of the entire land surface on earth (nearly 3 times the size of the U.S.).
–The Lichtenstein royal family is wealthier than the Grimaldis of Monaco.
–80% of the American population is crammed in urban areas.
–The least crowded state is Alaska, with 670 acres per person. The most crowded is New Jersey, with .7 acres per person. –60% of America’s population are property owners. That’s behind the UK (69% homeownership).
–And much, much more!
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This giveaway will run until midnight on January 30, 2010. The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email on January 31, 2010. *Winners are restricted to the U.S. & Canada only.
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