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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

GIVEAWAY of: A Window Opens: A Novel by Elisabeth Egan


“Egan’s delightful debut is a fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all.” —People

Fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? will cheer at this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) about what happens when a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny—only to learn every opportunity comes at a price.

In A Window Opens, beloved books editor at Glamour magazine Elisabeth Egan brings us Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. 

Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). 

She is a mostly-happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor and a Zen commuter. 

She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading, with its chain of chic literary lounges and dedication to beloved classics. 

The Holy Grail of working mothers―an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life―seems suddenly within reach.

Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up and her work takes an unexpected turn. 

Readers will cheer as Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to have it all, but what does she―Alice Pearse―really want?

See more at:  

http://books.simonandschuster.com/A-Window-Opens/Elisabeth-Egan/9781501105432#sthash.Br59dWTF.dpuf

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A Winner Has Been Chosen
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Giveaway

August 11 to  August 18

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9 comments:

  1. Sounds like our protagonist gets turned topsy-turvy. :)
    @dino0726 from 
    FictionZeal - Impartial, Straighforward Fiction Book Reviews

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    1. Sounds like it. :)

      Thanks for stopping, Diane.

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  2. I have seen a couple of rave reviews of this one so picked it up to read from NetGalley, looking forward to it.

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    1. It does sound quite good.

      ENJOY, and thanks for stopping, Kathryn.

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  3. Elizabeth, thanks for hosting this giveaway. The book has a promising premise.

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    1. You are most welcome.

      Thanks for stopping, Suko.

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  4. I've seen other good reviews for this, I think I'd like to give Alice's story a try! Thanks!

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