4/28/10

GIVEAWAY! The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith



WIN THE SECRET SPEECH BY TOM ROB SMITH!

This is the perfect book for your book club.  My group has chosen this as our pick for June and I am sure will prove to create exceptional  discussions. Be sure to visit the Reading Group Guide at Hatchette Book Groups HERE




Product Description

Tom Rob Smith-the author whose debut, Child 44, has been called "brilliant" (Chicago Tribune), "remarkable" (Newsweek) and "sensational" (Entertainment Weekly)-returns with an intense, suspenseful new novel: a story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles to save their loved ones, and where hope for a better tomorrow is found in the most unlikely of circumstances . . .
THE SECRET SPEECH
Soviet Union, 1956. Stalin is dead, and a violent regime is beginning to fracture-leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. A secret speech composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant. Its promise: The Soviet Union will change.
Facing his own personal turmoil, former state security officer Leo Demidov is also struggling to change. The two young girls he and his wife Raisa adopted have yet to forgive him for his part in the death of their parents. They are not alone. Now that the truth is out, Leo, Raisa, and their family are in grave danger from someone consumed by the dark legacy of Leo's past career. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance.
From the streets of Moscow in the throes of political upheaval, to the Siberian gulags, and to the center of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest, THE SECRET SPEECH is a breathtaking, epic novel that confirms Tom Rob Smith as one of the most exciting new authors writing today.

About the Author

Tom Rob Smith graduated from CambridgeUniversity in 2001 and lives in London. His first novel, Child 44, was a New York Times bestseller and an international publishing sensation. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the ITW 2009 Thriller Award for Best First Novel, The Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Award for Best First Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. You can visit Tom's website at www.TomRobSmith.com and follow @tomrobsmith on Twitter.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (May 3, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0446402419
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446402415
TO WIN A COPY:

This giveaway is sponsored by Hatchette Book Group and I will have 1-3 copies depending on the entries (tell your friends!).  This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents who don't live in a PO Box.  The winner will be picked by Random.org on May 21, 2010 and notified on May 22, 2010.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

Enter by:

Leave a NEW and SEPARATE comment for each entry!

+1 Leave a comment with an email address (you can do this daily for additional entries)
+1 Follow Me
+2 New Follower
+1 GoodReads Friend (HERE)
+1 For each link that you post this giveaway on your social network and leave me the link (you can do this daily for one entry per site)
+3 Blog about this and leave me a link to your post.
+1 Visit the new Secret Speech website HERE and tell me something interesting
+1 Follow @tomrobsmith on Twitter
+1 Visit Tom Rob Smith's website HERE and tell me something interesting about him.

94 comments:

  1. New follower
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  2. Tom Rob Smith's other book Child 44 is going to be made into a film, according to his website.
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  3. The previous comment i made before this post was in reference to the secret speech website.

    According to the website of Tom Rob Smith, his first book he wrote was when he was 12 called The Literate.

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  11. This is one already on my wishlist; thanks for offering it, Mary.
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  12. This sounds great for my book club.

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  22. I really liked the historical timeline at the Secret Speech website.
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  92. And the winners are:

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