Eileen Goudge

From the New York Times bestselling author of WOMAN IN RED and THE DIARY, Eileen Goudge’s ONCE IN A BLUE MOON (Vanguard hardcover, on sale now!) is an emotionally charged family drama that focuses on two sisters and their turbulent lives and loves. This richly layered read will please any booklover and provide a great escape from the hustle bustle of the holiday season.

The grand prizewinner in Eileen’s contest will receive a hardcover edition of ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, along with a stunning fused-glass pendant and earring set in translucent blues.

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Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are sisters who have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care.

Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her.

Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as they engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together, despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family.

"A touching story with wide appeal, Goudge's novel is a sharp example of dysfunctional family fiction." — Publishers Weekly

". . . the journey of how all this happens, how the characters interact, fight and love, how true it all seems to real life—that’s the magic behind this book." — www.ABookBloggersDiary.blogspot.com

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Contest ends: December 15, 2009