Monday, May 6, 2013

Giveaway: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham

I am a big fan of the show Gilmore Girls, including the character "Lorelei" played by actress Lauren Graham. The actress has gone on to play Sarah Braverman in the hit TV show Parenthood. Most recently, Lauren Graham has turned her hand to writing and her first novel Someday, Someday, Maybe  hit stores on April 30th.



Someday, Someday, Maybe
From Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead―and keep it together―in New York City.


It’s January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to New York, dreaming of Broadway and doing “important” work. But all she has to show for her efforts so far is a part in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters, and a gig waiting tables at a comedy club. Her roommates―her best friend Jane, and Dan, an aspiring sci-fi writer―are supportive, yet Franny knows a two-person fan club doesn’t exactly count as success. Everyone tells her she needs a backup plan, and though she can almost picture moving back home and settling down with her perfectly nice ex-boyfriend, she’s not ready to give up on her goal of having a career like her idols Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep. Not just yet. But while she dreams of filling their shoes, in the meantime, she’d happily settle for a speaking part in almost anything—and finding a hair product combination that works.

Everything is riding on the upcoming showcase for her acting class, where she’ll finally have a chance to perform for people who could actually hire her. And she can’t let herself be distracted by James Franklin, a notorious flirt and the most successful actor in her class, even though he’s suddenly started paying attention. Meanwhile, her bank account is rapidly dwindling, her father wants her to come home, and her agent doesn’t return her calls. But for some reason, she keeps believing that she just might get what she came for.

Someday, Someday, Maybe is a story about hopes and dreams, being young in a city, and wanting something deeply, madly, desperately. It’s about finding love, finding yourself, and perhaps most difficult of all in New York City, finding an acting job.


About the Author: Lauren Graham is an actress best known for her roles on the critically acclaimed series Gilmore Girls and Parenthood. She has performed on Broadway and appeared in such films as Bad Santa, Evan Almighty, and Because I Said So. She holds a BA in English from Barnard College and an MFA in acting from Southern Methodist University. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. Twitter: @therealLaurenGraham

Much loved for her portrayal of Loreli and Sarah Braverman, Lauren Graham is also getting praise for her first novel:

“Sweet, funny, and full of heart . . . a dazzling debut.”—Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong

“Warm and funny, charming and smart.”—Diane Keaton, New York Times bestselling author of Then Again

“Graham deftly captures what it’s like to be young, ambitious, and hopeful in New York City.”—Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries


Giveaway
Thanks to Random House, I have 2 copies of this book to giveaway (US entrants only please).  The giveaway will close Sunday May 12th.  To enter, leave a comment below about what your "someday" dream is (or was!).  Please also leave a way to contact you.

22 comments:

  1. My "Someday" dream is to someday I will buy a house with my husband that I love.

    email pubwrites (at) gmail (dot) com

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  2. This looks SO good. I would be all over this giveaway if it was for an eBook. Great contest!!

    (not an entry)

    Side note: I saw her once yeaars ago when I was living in NYC.

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  3. My someday dream was to own a home and we just closed and moved in to our little fixer upper the end of April. The to do list is crazy!

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  4. My someday dream was to move to NYC and six years ago it came true. Great review Colleen!

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  5. My someday dream is to become a successful, published novelist!

    melissa at melissamckee.me

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  6. My someday dream is to become an author.

    kayla.a.cr (at) gmail .com

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  7. My someday dream is to travel the world. I wish I set aside time to do some traveling in between graduating from college and starting in the career world. Great giveaway!
    amyrbromberg (at) gmail (dot) com

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  8. I actually used to have a dream to go to NYC as well. And many other someday dreams (one of which was to move to Italy and live in a villa and eat spaghetti the rest of my days! LOL)

    nbmars AT yahoo DOT com

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  9. Our someday dream to move to Seattle where our grown son lives.sweet dream

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  10. My someday dream was to write books...and I've published five and written two more, ready to go.

    Find me at chezraine(at)gmail(dot) com

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  11. The someday dream used to be Broadway. Now it's becoming an editor at one of the big publishing houses.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  12. My dream is to get a book of my own published!

    lifeisshort.readfast@gmail.com

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  13. A dream is to travel and enjoy. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. My dream is to live on the beach in a dream beach house. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(com)

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  15. My dream is to someday live on a cruise ship and travel the world with my best friend.

    Loridcochran at yahoo dot com

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  16. My dream is to someday live on a cruise ship and travel the world with my best friend.

    Loridcochran at yahoo dot com

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  17. My someday dream is to live in Paris with my husband.

    wordywon at gmail dot com

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  18. My someday dream is to buy a house for my parents and be an editor in the book publishing business.

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  19. y someday dream is to be a writer! :D

    Darith8ly(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  20. My someday dream is to go to Italy. bluepooh1(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  21. My someday dream is to own a book store or work in book publishing in some way.

    Thanks for the chance!

    amymelniczenko AT gmail DOT com

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