The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretster
A great big thank you to Valerie at Hatchette Books for allowing a giveaway drawing of 5 (five) copies of The Lost Dog. This giveaway will run from Wednesday, July 29th and end on midnight CST on Wednesday, August 19th. Winners will be chosen and notified by Friday, August 21st.
Book Information
Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush.
Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn’t sure if he should trust this new friend.
Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive–by his mother’s infirmities, as well as by Nelly’s attractions. THE LOST DOG makes brilliant use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the ever-present conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized.
About Michelle de Kretser
Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was fourteen. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris and has worked as an editor and a book reviewer.
The Hamilton Case, her second novel, received the Commonwealth Writers Prize (SE Asia and Pacific region), and the Society of Authors’ (U.K.) Encore Award for best second novel of the year. It was also first runner-up for Barnes & Noble’s Discover Award in Fiction, and a New York Times Notable Book.
The Lost Dog is her third novel. It was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and received the 2008 Christina Stead Prize for fiction.
Please read about Michelle’s motivation for her current novel.
Winners announced!
Please check the giveaway tab for the list.
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29. Jul, 2009 at 4:17 pm #
Oh i’d love to enter! Sounds like a great read.
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29. Jul, 2009 at 4:21 pm #
Well my favorite pet is my dog, Guy! and my cat too i guess hahaa
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29. Jul, 2009 at 4:23 pm #
I shared the book love with Facebook (hope i did that right)
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29. Jul, 2009 at 4:24 pm #
I subscribed via email
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29. Jul, 2009 at 4:26 pm #
Following on Twitter and i also tweeted your giveaway :0)
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I follow you on tweeter and subscribe to your blog
My baby’s name is OLIVER he is a darling jack Russell
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Please count me in for your great giveaway.
I have to say I am a big dog lover.
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i am now following you on twitter! : )
i added you on twitter!
my favorite animal is a giraffe!
i fav’d you on technorati! : )
{eeps! my email is : aeallen@gmail.com} same for the three posts above this one… sorry!
I love giraffes! And books
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I LOVE BOOKS. ALSO, Dolphins, kiwi birds, hippos, sloths, and komodo dragons.
I saw your posting at Book Blogs. Thanks.
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Please enter me in your drawing. Fav pets name is Lily.
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My favorite animal is a wolf. (:
This is a great contest! Thanks!
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2.Favorite animal has to be the Wolf!
3. shared the book love on twitter here’s the link:
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4.Following on Twitter: @thatchickreads
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thanks for this contest!!
looks like a good book please enter me
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Favorite animal an unfair question….bt if under force I would say my cat dog rat, a mental hybrid?
or dog…
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I’d love to win this book!
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sounds fabulous thanks
My favorite pet is my cat Leo. He’s a squeaker!
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We love cats here!
Please enter me.
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My dog Sammie is my favorite pet.
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wow love the sound of this book! count me in please!!
my favorite animal has to be a dog for sure! love how lovable they are!!
Please enter me in your giveaway. This looks like a great book
My favorite pet is my Alaskan Malamute, Kouga. He is such a big love bug.
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I really want to read this, thanks so much for the giveaway!
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Looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance
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Shawna Lewis
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Thnkas for the book giveaway ;o)
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I follow you on twitter
I love my dogs
Bingo RIP, Boogie,Scruffy, Meca
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I subscribe to you though Google Reader
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I shared this with my book club
This book sounds great. Thanks for the giveaway.
I subscribe to your blog
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I follow you on twitter
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This sounds like an interesting reading experience. sharonaquilino(at)hotmail(dot)com
Would love to add this to my collection.
My favorite pet was my dog Chey.
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I would love to read this book!
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My favorite pet is my big yellow lab Scooter (and I am also currently reading Racking in the Rain).
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I am now following your blog.
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I’d read a review about this, would love to read it, thank’s for the giveaway!
My favorite pet…well don’t tell my other cat, but its my cat Wasabi. He treats me better!
Please enter my name in your draw.
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