THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING by Joshilyn Jackson

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Joshilyn Jackson, a native of the Deep South, has worked as an actor and an award-winning teacher, and is now a writer and a mother of two. Jackson lives with her husband and children outside of Atlanta. Read more about this author…

THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING by Joshilyn Jackson
336 Pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: 2009-05-26

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About the Book:

Lauren Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she’s helping her mother keep family skeletons in the closet or sewing her acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister, Thalia, is her opposite, an impoverished actress who prides herself on exposing the lurid truths lurking behind middle class niceties.

While Laurel’s life seems neatly on track– a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, a lovely suburban home– everything she holds dear is threatened the night she is visited by the ghost of her 13-year-old neighbor Molly. The ghost leads Laurel to the real Molly, floating lifelessly in the Hawthorne’s backyard pool. Molly’s death is an unseemly mystery that no one in her whitewashed neighborhood is up to solving. Laurel enlists Thalia’s help, even though she knows it comes with a high price tag.

Together, they set out on a life-altering journey that triggers startling revelations about their family’s haunted past, the true state of Laurel’s marriage, and the girl who stopped swimming.

About the Contest:

Open to US and Canadian address. No PO Boxes please.

Five winners will be chosen on May 20.

A special thanks to Valerie and Hachette Book Group.

Chances of Winning:

+1: What will you ask this author if given a chance? One question.

+1: Riddle this (don’t google it, okay?). If you already know the answer, give me a good riddle instead:

A half-naked person is found dead in a locked room, hanging from the ceiling 3 ft. above the floor. The room is completely empty, except for a puddle of water below him. How did he die?

+1: Look around at Hachette Book Group, come back here and tell me  which of their recent publication you have read recently. If you have reviewed it, include the link also.

+1: Twitter, stumble, or dig this giveaway. Leave the link in the comment. Contest link: http://thisbookforfree.com/?p=773

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25 Comments(+Add)

1   Melinda    
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 am

Have you ever considered writing Christian Fiction novels, as you mentioned you are involved in your methodist church?

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2   Melinda    
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm

I read Dewey…it was such a cute story!

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3   Estella    
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Where did you get the idea for The Girl Who Stopped Swimming?

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4   LuAnn Morgan    http://lumorgan.blogspot.com
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:36 pm

Have you been interested in ghosts before writing this novel?

LuAnn Morgan´s last blog post..Wednesday Word Skills

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5   mindy    
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm

what inspired you to write a book with such magnitude as this thanks for the giveaway

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6   Cheryl S.    
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm

Do you actually believe in the supernatural?

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7   Kim V    
April 24th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

I’d ask her background as an actor helps her in writing.
Please enter me.
Thanks for the giveaway!
[email protected]

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8   Jessica    
April 25th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

Joshilyn: How did you celebrate your first book sale?

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9   Jessica    
April 25th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Riddle:

A hiker comes to a fork in the road and doesn’t know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The hiker doesn’t know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?

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10   Dottie    http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/
April 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am

I’d like to know more about the ghost and supernatural ascepts — do you believe?

Dottie´s last blog post..Sound of Music —- Central Station Antwerp Belguim

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11   Dottie    http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/
April 26th, 2009 at 9:01 am

I haven’t read it yet, but 7th in Women’s Murder Club and 8th in same series — on my tbr list.

Dottie´s last blog post..Sound of Music —- Central Station Antwerp Belguim

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12   Dottie    http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/
April 26th, 2009 at 9:02 am

I’m following too!

Dottie´s last blog post..Sound of Music —- Central Station Antwerp Belguim

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13   Dottie    http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/
April 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am

I don’t know the answer to your riddle – too tough! But here’s one of mine:

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?

Dottie´s last blog post..Sound of Music —- Central Station Antwerp Belguim

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14   Deedles    
May 1st, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Do you believe in ghosts?

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15   Becky Grady    
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 am

I would ask the author which authors she likes to read, and what is the best restaurant in the Atlanta area?

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16   Brooke    http://www.weeshenanigans.blogspot.com/
May 4th, 2009 at 6:30 am

Since you use to act do you use that background when writing? For example, do you act out the book persay in your head or do you just let the words flow onto the pages

Brooke´s last blog post..100 things

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17   Heather M    
May 4th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Is it… Because he was hanging from the ceiling?? THANKS

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18   Vera    http://verabear.net
May 5th, 2009 at 3:23 am

This sounds like something I’d be interested to read. Thanks for sharing and goodluck to all entrants!

Vera´s last blog post..Be Kind Rewind

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19   Christy H.    
May 6th, 2009 at 11:59 am

I’m often seen around a lot, referred to many ways,
See me black and you may find misfortune haunts your days.
Tell a thing, that should have been kept quiet, to all around,
Then look inside the sack, there I’m no longer to be found.
Nosiness, prying, snooping, leaves me fearing, full of dread,
For all these things are likely to see me soon lying dead.
These clues combined should start to give a picture, an idea,
Of who or what I am, so can you tell me? Is it clear?

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20   Christy H.    
May 6th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

I recently read Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan

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21   Mishia    
May 7th, 2009 at 2:23 am

What made you want to become a writer?

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22   jacque    
May 13th, 2009 at 10:40 am

My question- If there were a movie about you, who would you want to play you?

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23   jacque    
May 13th, 2009 at 10:44 am

I wish I knew the answer to this riddle. Is it cause he fell.

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24   Chantly    
May 15th, 2009 at 9:44 am

Question for the author: Which profession (acting, teaching, writing) did you find you were most passionate about?

Riddle: Was the puddle of water a 3 ft block of ice he stood on to hang himself?

Hachette Book I’ve read: Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch

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25   Beth    
May 16th, 2009 at 1:57 pm

I would ask the author what kind of roles she played while acting.

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