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Another wonderful book that I reviewed last year, Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby, is out this month in paperback. I really enjoyed this one! (Click here for my review). And I have five copies to give away!Theodore Mead Fegley has always been the smartest person he knows. By age 12, he was in high school, and by 15 he was attending a top-ranking university. And now, at the tender age of 18, he's on the verge of proving the Riemann Hypothesis, a mathematical equation that has mystified academics for almost 150 years. But only days before graduation, Mead suddenly packs his bags and flees home to rural Illinois. What has caused him to flee remains a mystery to all but Mead and a classmate whose quest for success has turned into a dangerous obsession.
At home, Mead finds little solace. His past ghosts haunt him; his parents don't understand the agony his genius has caused him, nor his desire to be a normal kid, and his dreams seem crushed forever. He embarks on a new life's journey -- learning the family business of selling furniture and embalming the dead--that disappoints and surprises all who knew him as "the young Fegley genius."
Equal parts academic thriller and poignant coming-of-age story, LIFE AFTER GENIUS follows the remarkable journey of a young man who must discover that the heart may know what the head hasn't yet learned.
~Synopsis from the publisher
The Reading Group Guide will soon be available here and find out more about the book and the author at her website.
Valerie at Hachette Book Group has provided five copies for me to give away (Thank you, Valerie)!! To enter, leave me a comment here. Winners must have a US or Canada mailing address (no PO Boxes) and will be drawn at random. Enter through midnight eastern on October 28th. Below are some ways for you to earn extra entries. Please leave ONE comment for each thing you choose to do. You can combine your comments together if you like but please do not leave multiple comments for the same extra thing (for example, one comment if you fave at Technorati or subscribe via Feedburner, not three). Anyone who already follows, subscribes, or has faved at Technorati still gets the extras, just mention it in your comment! Thank you for visiting and entering!
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Sounds like a good book.
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I've never heard of this one before but it sounds interesting.
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I've not heard of this one before! Thanks for the recommendation and the giveaway.
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I'm interested in this book. I would love to read it. :D
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This book sounds interesting.
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I have a nephew who is a genius. He was doing fractions in kindergarten, so he's in a special school. So this would be a fun book to read.
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Sounds interesting, thanks.
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I'd certainly be interested in reading this. The whole story is unique in that it isn't chick lit but rather "dude" lit. lol
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Please include me in your drawing. This sounds like it might be an interesting book.
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This sounds like a great book! I would love to read it!!
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No need to enter me, babe. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this up at Win a Book for you.
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This sounds like a book I'd like to read!
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This definitely sounds like a book I would be interested in reading. I think one of the most interesting things about the premise is going to be discovering what the circumstances are that prompt him to leave everything behind and start such a drastically different life. Great review. Please enter me in this giveaway, and thanks for hosting it!
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I would like to be entered, always been fascinated by geniuses and prodigies!
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This sounds like a book I would enjoy.
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This one was one my reading list but I never found it at the library.
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This looks like a great Fall read
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This sounds like a good read. It must be hard to be really smart and not have, what...common sense, the ability to interact with people?
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I would very much like to read this book. Thanks!
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love to win a copy, this sounds great
Interesting themes --I'd love to see how she gets inside the boy genius's head!
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Sounds like a very interesting book!
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This book sounds fascinating - much like the life of my husband. I'm hoping to read this book!!
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this one sounds terrific - I have a son who adores math so I'm especially interested!
Sometimes I wish I was born a great "genius," however, what agony comes with a great gift.
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This sounds interesting-I have always been interested in geniuses.
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Sounds like a very interesting book.
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This sounds like a great book &, for some reason brings to mind the saying "The grass isn't always greener".
Thank you for another great giveaway!
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This sounds good. The premise sounds different from anything I have ever read. Thanks!
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My nephew is crazy smart like this - college at 15, at 17 he's tutoring calculus and chemistry to university students. I worry about his social skills but he's a nice boy.
Sounds like an interesting story.
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looks very good and now want to read what happens to him! - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
I have not heard of this one, but it certainly sounds interesting. The pressure to do well when you're labelled a genius can certainly be overwhelming.
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sounds like a book I would read, thankyou for the chance to win it
I know that I will love the Illinois setting of this book, since that is where I live.
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What a fun book! Thanks for the possibility!
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It sound like a good book. Thank you.
I hadn't heard of this book until reading your synopsis. It sounds like something that would be a very highly emotional and satisfying read.
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Fascinating book.
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I am always looking for great new reads and this sounds like one! Thanks for the chance!
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