Shine Shine Shine Banner Ad and Giveaway!

My publisher, St. Martin's Press, is just adorable. Every day I fall more madly in love with them. From the brilliant editing to the enthusiastic, wise publicity to the razor sharp sales team to the imaginative, thoughtful marketing, it just a winning team from start to finish. Today I woke up to find that my book had a banner ad!

This is the ad:

It's linked to a giveaway of 100 advance reader copies of Shine Shine Shine, which is now over, but check out what these booksellers are saying about the book!

"A quirky, funny, wonderful story about motherhood, young love, adult love, death, and motherhood again. The story goes in a full circle as does Sunny as she is discovering who she really is. I loved all of the characters in the book, especially Netzer's portrayal of Maxon who was, perhaps, the most normal of all."
—Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction

"Shine Shine Shine is a luminous debut about the most unconventional of families: Sunny's mother is dying, her husband is out in space—literally, and her son is severely autistic. Oh—and she is bald. This sounds like the backstory for a most unhappy tale, and yet this is a great love story about a family you really HOPE exists out there somewhere, because you root for them every step of the way. You'll find yourself flashing on this book in the most unexpected moments, which in my book is the hallmark of a great read!" 
—Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers and the Coffee Cabin, Gaylord, MI

"I cannot think of a more appropriate title for Lydia Netzer's extraordinary novel than Shine Shine Shine; that is exactly what this book does on each and every page. The writing is bright and insightful, the characters fabulously flawed, and the observations on the human condition are winsome and wise. Netzer offers raw glimpses onto the quirks, idiosyncrasies and secrets we all have and hide as husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends—but are desperate to reveal. It is one of those special stories that seems to speak directly to you, and one that you are compelled to share. It is truly out of this world." 
—Anderson McKean, Page & Palette Bookstore, Fairhope, AL

I'm so grateful to the booksellers who have taken up for this book already, helping it get picked as a SIBA "Okra Pick" for Summer 2012, and supporting it and me throughout this whole launch season. You guys are awesome!

See more about the book here: Shine Shine Shine.