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Valerie and Hatchette Book Group are sponsoring a giveaway of Apologize, Apologize by Elizabeth Kelly.

About the Book, courtesy of the Publisher:
Apologize, Apologize! takes us into the perversely charmed world of the Flanagans and their son, Collie (His parents named him after their favorite breed of dog.) Collie comes of age on Martha's Vineyard, trying to make sense of his wildly wealthy, hyper-articulate, resolutely crazy family members: a philandering father, incorrigible brother, pigeon-racing uncle, radical activist mother, and a domineering media mogul grandfather (accused of being a murderer by Collie's mother). As Collie searches for his place in the world, he suffers insurmountable loss and grapples for bravery as he struggles to cope with people he has no choice but to love.

About the Author:
Elizabeth Kelly is a magazine editor and award-winning journalist with several Canadian National Magazine Awards and nominations to her credit. Her writing has appeared in many prominent Canadian newspapers and magazines. Her column work was selected to appear in the 2003 edition of Writing Prose, Oxford Press.

Check out the Reading Group Guide.



Reading Group Guide:

1. Throughout this account of Collie Flanagan's life (so far), he appears to be the only conventional - or perhaps even sane - member of his family. However, the novel is told from his perspective. Do you feel like you can trust what he's saying?
2. What do you think of Collie's mother? Does she seem to have lived a life of passion or is she defined only by her rebellion against her aristocratic roots?
   
3. Should Collie have gone in after Bingo and the others, knowing as he did that there was no hope?
4. In one interview, Elizabeth Kelly referred to Bingo as "representative of full-blown adolescence, but in all its glory," and as something of a heroic character as well. What do you make of him?
5. Elizabeth Kelly has clearly had a lot of fun creating the hilarious and often manic characters at the heart of the novel. How did you react to the various Flanagan family blowouts? Did you more often cringe or laugh out loud?
6. Talk about the role of money in this novel: who has it and who doesn't; how it can be a motivator, or stunt one's ambitions; how it insulates the Flanagans, yet forces them into the limelight; and so on.
7. "Dignity is the last refuge of scoundrels," Collie's father was known to say, and he certain
   15 Comments on Giveaway of Apologize, Apologize by Elizabeth Kelly, last added: 3/15/2010
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   Beth said, on 3/13/2010 10:21:00 AM
   

   This looks like an intriguing read, and great for summer. Please enter me!
   
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   Benita said, on 3/13/2010 10:22:00 AM
   

   I'm a follower. I'd like to win because the book sounds like one I'd truly enjoy.
   
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   Wendy said, on 3/13/2010 10:25:00 AM
   

   sounds like a great read - love to read about the wild and crazy family, might make my own seem less eccentric lol
   
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   MJ said, on 3/13/2010 1:06:00 PM
   

   I'd love this. I follow
   
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   Bookie said, on 3/13/2010 2:10:00 PM
   

   This sounds good. Can't live with your family and family and you can't live without them!
   
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   xxsquigglesxx said, on 3/13/2010 5:28:00 PM
   

   I want to read this one because it sounds like it's really inspiring.
   
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   Bethie said, on 3/13/2010 6:13:00 PM
   

   Please enter me. Thanks for the chance. I follow.
   
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   rubynreba said, on 3/13/2010 8:15:00 PM
   

   I'd like to read this because the characters sound like they are wild and humorous!
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   enyl said, on 3/13/2010 11:18:00 PM
   

   I would like to win Apolizgie,Apoligize because it sounds like it's from a dying genre(literary fiction),I would like to collect it for my classroom library.
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   Irene said, on 3/14/2010 8:44:00 AM
   

   Would love to read this! Please enter my name. Thank you.
   
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   Simply Stacie said, on 3/14/2010 2:19:00 PM
   

   I love to try new authors. I follow.
   
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   ossmcalc said, on 3/14/2010 11:28:00 PM
   

   This sounds like quite an interesting family. The author is trying to find his place in the world, he suffers insurmountable loss and grapples for bravery as he struggles to cope with people he has no choice but to love. As it is said, you can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. Please enter me.
   
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   Bani said, on 3/15/2010 3:43:00 AM
   

   I saw this book on Amazon and it quickly caught my eye. I'd love to try it because I love stories about wildly quirky families, I have one too. ;)
   
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   nfmgirl said, on 3/15/2010 2:20:00 PM
   

   I'd love this one. It sounds "quirky", and I love quirky! And people who name their kids after dogs!
   
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   Amy said, on 3/15/2010 3:20:00 PM
   

   I want to read this book for so many reasons - the dysfunctional Irish-Catholic family, that Collie is named after a breed of dog, and the many & diverse eccentric members of this family are just a few! This book sounds extremely entertaining but also very touching (I hope!)
   
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