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GIVEAWAY — Corked by Kathryn Borel (Book Review 2010-41)

March 15, 2010 By Mary

Corked (A Memoir) by Kathryn Borel

Product Description

Meet Kathryn Borel, bon vivant and undutiful daughter. Now meet her father, Philippe, former chef, eccentric genius, and wine aficionado extraordinaire. Kathryn is like her father in every way but one: she’s totally ignorant when it comes to wine. And although Philippe has devoted untold parenting hours to delivering impassioned oenological orations, she has managed to remain unenlightened. But after an accident and a death, Kathryn realizes that by shutting herself off to her father’s greatest passion, she will never really know him. Accordingly, she proposes a drunken father-daughter road trip. Corked is the uncensored account of their tour through the great wine regions of France. Uproarious, poignant, painfully introspective, and filled with cunning little details about wine, this is a book for any reader who has sought a connection with a complex family member or wanted to overcome the paralyzing terror of being faced with a restaurant wine list.

About the Author

Kathryn Borel was born in 1979 in Toronto, the daughter of a hotelier.

After several years, she became the older sister to Nico, who was named after the family cat. She spent her early years living in hotels in Paris, Bermuda, Dallas, and New Jersey, finally settling in Quebec City.

In 2002 she moved to Toronto to follow a man. The relationship ended.

She continues to live in Toronto where she works at the Canadian Broadcasting Company. She has written food and wine reviews for radio and print. Her journalism includes a column which ran in the National Post under the title “Indignities.”Corked is her first book.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (February 16, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446409506

SOURCE:  Hatchette Book Group

    LOVED IT 

    At first I thought this would be a run of the mill memoir about a father and daughter taking the trip of a lifetime, but it quickly became much more than that.  Borel’s honesty about what has happened in her life, from an accident where she kills a pedestrian, her break up with her boyfriend and the relationship she really doesn’t have with her father all come together and make for a satisfying read.  There is some harshness in the story and I thought it all came together when she confronts her father and in the end both are stronger for it.

    Order your copy from my Amazon Link Here 

    TO WIN A COPY COURTESY OF HATCHETTE (thanks Anna!)

    To enter — you must live in the US or Canada and not live in a PO box:
    CONTEST ENDS 3.31.10


    +1 Leave a comment with your email address 
    (you can leave a comment daily for extra entries)
    +1 GoodReads Friend (add me HERE)
    +1 Follow Me
    +2 New Follower
    +1 visit Kathryn’s Blog and tell me something important about her HERE
    +1 for each link to a tweet, blog or post on a social network





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    Comments

    1. MJ says

      March 15, 2010 at 10:40 pm

      I’d love this.

      mj.coward[at]gmail.com

    2. MJ says

      March 15, 2010 at 10:40 pm

      I follow

      mj.coward[at]gmail.com

    3. Pamela Keener says

      March 15, 2010 at 11:33 pm

      I also follow via google
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      Love & Hugs, Pam

    4. Pamela Keener says

      March 15, 2010 at 11:35 pm

      I am a friend via Good Reads, though not a gr8 friend because I have yet to write my own reviews.
      pk4290@comcast.net
      Love & Hugs,
      Pam

    5. Darlene says

      March 16, 2010 at 4:20 pm

      Popping in to say I’ve got this posted at Win a Book for you 🙂

    6. a real librarian says

      March 17, 2010 at 12:05 am

      I’d love to read this! Thanks for the giveaway!!

      areallibrarian[at]gmail[dot]com

    7. a real librarian says

      March 17, 2010 at 12:05 am

      I follow!

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    8. Anonymous says

      March 17, 2010 at 12:23 am

      Hi! I follow. 🙂

      Connie
      connie_bryant@hotmail.com

    9. Anonymous says

      March 17, 2010 at 12:24 am

      Hi Mary! I heard this book was really good to read..would love to read it too. Thanks for the review.
      Have a good day! 🙂

      Connie
      connie_bryant@hotmail.com

    10. baileythebookworm says

      March 17, 2010 at 1:01 am

      I would love to read this book! Please enter me for a copy.
      baileythebookworm at gmail dot com

    11. Misusedinnocence says

      March 18, 2010 at 9:10 pm

      I would love to be entered.

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    12. Misusedinnocence says

      March 18, 2010 at 9:10 pm

      +2, new follower.

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    13. Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith says

      March 23, 2010 at 4:03 am

      Follower and requested Goodread friend.
      Bill 😉

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    14. Susan Helene Gottfried says

      March 24, 2010 at 3:44 pm

      No need to enter me lady (we’re already GoodReads friends, right?). I’m dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I’ve got this posted at Win a Book for you.

    15. Margie says

      March 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm

      Looks like a fun read. Thanks for the giveaway.
      mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

    16. Margie says

      March 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm

      +1 follower
      mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

    17. Margie says

      March 24, 2010 at 4:14 pm

      The wine region of Burgandy is the favorite of the author and her father.
      mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

    18. porcelaine says

      March 24, 2010 at 5:07 pm

      As a serious foodie I couldn’t bypass this!

      I’m a follower and Goodreads friend. Thanks in advance.

      ~porcelaine

      literarylolita[at]gmail[dot]com

    19. Pam says

      March 25, 2010 at 12:57 am

      This does sound like a good one!

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    20. Pam says

      March 25, 2010 at 12:57 am

      We’re already goodreads friends!

      melacan at hotmail dot com

    21. angie says

      March 28, 2010 at 4:49 pm

      I have been wanting to read this book!! Please enter me!
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    22. angie says

      March 28, 2010 at 4:49 pm

      I am a follower
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    23. angie says

      March 28, 2010 at 4:50 pm

      Loved the interview! I didn’t know hockey was called ice lacrosse in Canada. Interesting.
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    24. angie says

      March 28, 2010 at 4:51 pm

      GoodReads friend
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      March 28, 2010 at 4:51 pm

      I tweeted http://twitter.com/bangersis/status/11202552009
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    26. Colleen Turner says

      March 29, 2010 at 4:50 pm

      Please enter me in your giveaway!
      Thanks,
      Colleen
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    27. Colleen Turner says

      March 29, 2010 at 4:50 pm

      Hi,
      I just asked you to be my friend on goodreads.com.
      Thanks,
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    28. Colleen Turner says

      March 29, 2010 at 4:51 pm

      Hi again!
      I follow via google connect.
      Thanks,
      Colleen
      candc320@gmail.com

    29. suzie says

      March 30, 2010 at 1:51 am

      sounds like a good book

    30. suzie says

      March 30, 2010 at 1:53 am

      tweeted
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    31. suzie says

      March 30, 2010 at 1:53 am

      follow you with GFc
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    32. suzie says

      March 30, 2010 at 8:42 pm

      daily entry

    33. suzie says

      March 31, 2010 at 8:23 pm

      daily entry

    34. Jeff says

      March 31, 2010 at 10:53 pm

      I would love to win! Thanks!!!

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    35. moushka says

      April 1, 2010 at 1:47 am

      I would be thrilled to read this book.

    36. robin_titan says

      April 1, 2010 at 4:15 am

      Sounds extremely fascinating.

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    37. robin_titan says

      April 1, 2010 at 4:16 am

      I am a follower

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    38. robin_titan says

      April 1, 2010 at 4:17 am

      I added you as a friend on goodreads. My username is the same and my name is Lisette. I can’t remember which shows up on there haha

      total entries: 3

    39. angie says

      April 2, 2010 at 2:12 am

      I would love to win this book!
      email bangersis(at)msn(dot)com
      +1 GoodReads Friend
      +1 Follow you
      +1 I tweeted http://twitter.com/bangersis/status/11457173793

    40. Mary says

      April 5, 2010 at 12:41 am

      bangersis has won a copy of Corked! An email is on the way for your address!

    41. Anonymous says

      September 18, 2010 at 6:47 pm

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