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Because of You by Dawn French – Blog Tour Feature ‘Because of Me’ and Giveaway

About the Book
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight.
The old millennium turns into the new.
In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters.
Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl.
Anna leaves with empty arms.
Seventeen years later, the gods who keep watch over broken-hearted mothers wreak mighty revenge, and the truth starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all.
The power of mother-love will be tested to its limits.
Perhaps beyond . . .
About the Author
Dawn French has been making people laugh for 30 years. As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of this country’s most long-running and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, and more recently, Roger and Val Have Just Got In. Her first three novels, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, Oh Dear Silvia and According to YES, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.
“Because of Me”
I was excited to delve into this because … Dawn French! and so I started the audiobook delighted that it was being read by the author. But, I had to stop listening. And that is ‘Because of Me’, I hadn’t actually read the Synopsis 🤦♀️.
Some of you may remember me sharing my personal fertility journey on here a while back. Well sadly that didn’t work out positively for me (after two failed IUI and one failed IVF) and the topic of this book and its early chapters I found very triggering (IVF, infant loss) because I’m not in the best headspace mentally at the moment.
And that’s okay. Sometimes you pick up a book and it’s simply not the right time to read it. I’m so sorry that I’m not in a place to review the book right now but I can certainly tell you that it is likely to ‘hit you in the feels’. Do check out the other tour stops on the blog (picture below) to see what everyone else thought.
It was actually baby loss awareness week last week and I just want to highlight a couple of friend’s charities.
Giveaway
The lovely folks at Penguin as well as being very understanding are sponsoring giveaway of an audiobook copy of the book via audiobooks.com.
To be in with a chance of winning an audiobook copy of Because of You by Dawn French finish the sentence Because of You, I… and share the blog tour poster using #BecauseofYouAudio, and tag in me @kirstyes and @penguinbooksuk. I will randomly pick the #giveaway winner on Wednesday 21st 2020.

Thank you to penguin for the audiobook link for the purposes of a review (which I will do in the future when in a better headspace), and for sponsoring the giveaway.
Give the gift of reading with #WeReadBox – #Kickstarter Launch Today
Two Dorset-based book lovers (hint – one of them is me) are launching a Kickstarter for a bi-monthly book subscription box aimed at 8-12 year olds – and anyone else who loves a good story.
The box will launch in September 2019 with September and November’s boxes being exclusive to Kickstarter supporters. Following a successful campaign the boxes will be available to the general public from January 2020, with gift cards available as the perfect Christmas gift.
Each box will contain:
A carefully selected, newly released middle grade book, in a mix of genres
A signed bookplate
A matching/themed bookmark
Themed collectible pin with locking back
WeRead Activity Booklet featuring content from WeRead members and monthly book club discussion and activity prompts
Author introduction video and post read Q&A (provided online)
Additional Item/s inspired by the monthly theme/book

An example WeRead Box
Each box will be carefully curated in the hope that the books and box contents will appeal to readers of all genders.
WeRead Box is committed to making their packaging and products as eco-friendly as possible.
Reading for pleasure has been shown to develop, among other qualities, kindness and empathy, things our world is in definite need of. The quote above epitomises WeRead Box’s ethos. We will package and present reading as something fun to engage in, whilst encouraging our readers to use what they’ve learned from the book in their everyday lives – all delivered directly to your door!
The Kickstarter launched at 8am Friday 7th June 2019 and will run for 28 days. By supporting it today, you can ensure access to our exclusive 2019 boxes and maybe even snag an early bird discount https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kirstyes/weread-box.