March 30, 2015 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ March 30th

Welcome to Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia of To Be Continued, a place where readers share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week.

After several years of being on tour with different blogs as the monthly host, the Mailbox Monday Blog is now the permanent home for the meme.

Here’s what arrived last week…

New Arrivals

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson from Little Brown.
The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson’s #1 bestseller Life After Life. Her new novel tells the story of Ursula Todd’s beloved younger brother Teddy–would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband, and father–as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century.

Glamourpuss by Sarah Weeks from AmazonVine.
A sassy, delicious picture-book gem from award-winning author Sarah Weeks and Caldecott Medal winner David Small.

Audio Downloads

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum from Random House Audio,
A striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles to live a life with meaning—“a modern-day Anna Karenina tale.

So That Happened: My Unexpected Life in Hollywood by Jon Cryer from Penguin Audio.
If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood.

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Still time to enter the giveaway for…

The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James

A tour de force set in South India that plumbs the moral complexities of the ivory trade through the eyes of a poacher, a documentary filmmaker, and, in a feat of audacious imagination, an infamous elephant known as the Gravedigger.

Enter on or before April 8th. US and Canada only.