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August 2009

At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own.

And so the events of Christos Tsiolkas' fantastic new novel The Slap are set in motion as eight characters who were at the barbeque reveal the shocking effects the event has on the nature of their families and loyalty of their friends.

The Slap was the winner of this year's Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, (which The Book of Negroes won last year) and to celebrate I'm giving away a copy of the book to the first person to email HCContests@harpercollins.com with the subject line "THE SLAP" and the name of one of the eight main characters.

Happy Summer Reading!

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BOLD FACE NAMES

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder

Gossip columnist Ravi snoops and schmoozes through the land of the rich and the famous until a mysterious D-list starlet is parachuted into his life for safekeeping.

Spanning the beaches of Anguilla to the towers of Dubai, from L.A. to London, fashion shows, race-car parties and champagne launches, Bold Face Names is one of the hottest reads this summer.

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Labour Day
by Joyce Maynard

All summer long, thirteen-year-old Henry kept hoping that something different would happen, but it never did. Then, just as the Labour Day weekend begins, a bleeding man on the run named Frank approaches Henry asking for help. Over the next five days this stranger will teach Henry some of life′s most valuable lessons.

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I Heart New York I Heart New York
by Lindsey Kelk


When Angela catches her boyfriend with another woman at her best friend′s wedding she′s heartbroken and desperate to run away. Especially once she′s confronted her friend and inadvertently broken the groom′s hand, in front of the entire reception. There′s only one place that will cheer her up. New York.

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It Can Happen To You
by Lynn Crymble


When an accidental good deed lands Penny in the paper she becomes the target for the newspaper's "life renovation" expert. Soon, the makeover crew is literally taking over her life and pushing her toward someone else's idea of perfection until the "new and improved" Penny surprises everyone, including herself.

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