The Italian Lover
Greetings everyone, I’ve decided to do something a little different here on The Ivy Keep blog today. I’m quite an avid reader and can’t think of anything better to do over a great cuppa! So, I want to share both of these loves with you here and host the first ever The Ivy Keep Book Giveaway!
Thanks to Valerie over at Hachette Books, I have 5 paperback copies of The Italian Lover
An exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga’s The Sixteen Pleasures. Margot Harrington’s memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica – and the misguided love affair it inspired – is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie.
Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind – happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see.
At the former convent in Florence where “The Sixteen Pleasures” – now called “The Italian Lover,” – is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.
The rules to enter our contest are simple:
- You can earn an entry for posting about this contest (with a link back here) on your own blog – or on a forum (no spamming and the first one who posts on that particular forum gets the entry)..
- You can earn another entry for posting about this contest (with a link back here) on FaceBook or MySpace. Do both and get two entries.
- Digg two of the tea articles on this blog and earn another entry.
- Review one or more of the products from The Ivy Keep (with a link directly to that product page) on your own blog. This is where you can have tons of entries!
Once you have done any – or all – of the above, post it in a comment below – one post per entry (so you would have a total of 5 comments for 5 entries if you did them all!). Include a link to where you made the post and sit back and wait to win!
This giveaway is only open to US and Canadian residents. My apologies to my overseas customers. No PO boxes please.
And an additional bonus – each winner will recieve a $5.00 CDN gift certificate from The Ivy Keep for a tea of your choice (maybe to read with your book?), It will be delivered separately (by email).
The winner will be drawn on Saturday, February 28.
Good Luck Everyone!
