April: THE CRADLE

[Valerie Russo]

If you would like to review and/or do a giveaway for the paperback edition of

The Cradle by Patrick Somerville

please reply here and sign up for your review copy here: http://snurl.com/v9w36

In order to participate, you must link to the Reading Group Guide, belong to a book club, and also promote the book to your book club. We have limited copies available for giveaway and will give priority to book bloggers and book reviewers. Selected bloggers will have a choice of offering 1-3 copies per site.

 

Reading Group Guide

 

 

Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she herself slept in. His wife does not know-does not want to know-where her mother lives, but Matt has an address for Caroline's sister near by and with any luck, he will be home in time for dinner.

Only as Matt tries to track down his wife's mother, he discovers that Caroline, upon leaving Marissa, has led a life increasingly plagued by impulse and irrationality, a mysterious life that grows more inexplicable with each new lead Matt gains, and door he enters. As hours turn into days and Caroline's trail takes Matt from Wisconsin to Minnesota, Illinois, and beyond in search of the cradle, Matt makes a discovery that will forever change Marissa's life, and faces a decision that will challenge everything he has ever known.

Elegant and astonishing, Patrick Somerville tells the story of one man's journey into the heart of marriage, parenthood, and what it means to be a family. Confirming the arrival of an exuberantly talented new writer, THE CRADLE is an uniquely imaginative debut novel that radiates with wisdom and wonder.

 

 

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The Cradle - Q&A

Author Essay - The Cradle

[Freda Mans]

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[Jennifer M.]

This sounds wonderful! Form submitted!

[Gwendolyn B.]

I've filled out the form to do a review and giveaway. Thanks, Valerie!

[Carey]

Sounds amazing Valerie...I signed up for both!

[Chrissy Simpson]

sounds good I signed up for giveaway only... I would love to review but I am at my limit right now...

[porcelaine]

Hi Valerie,

I signed up for the giveaway and review. Thanks in advance!

porcelaine

[Vicki]

This book sounds really good!! Just filled out the form!
Thanks!

[Nancy Taylor]

This looks like a delicious book!

[Mary @ The Sweet Bookshelf]

I just signed up! Will you contact us if we get the giveaway???

[DKAY]

I signed up for the review and giveaway. Thanks

[Suzanne Levin]

Loved reading The Cradle! Here's my review and giveaway post...

http://tinyurl.com/39fy5zd

Thanks for another wonderful read!
Suzanne
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