Winners of January Giveaways!

The Book Connection would like to congratulate the following winners in our January giveaways:

Nancye and CherylS22 will receive an ARC of Conflicts with Interest by Michael Ruddy.

Copies of Silk Flowers Never Die: Love, Death, Mental Illness and Courage in an Internationally Renowned Family by Stella Mazzucchelli are going out to Marianna, SandraK321, and Nickolay.

Daughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Lady Colin Campell will go out to Wanda.

We'll be contacting the winners this week. They will have until next Friday to respond before we select other winners.

Congratulations again to all our winners. Look for more giveaways coming soon!

January Giveaway #3 - Daughter of Narcissus by Lady Colin Campbell (Four ARCs up for Grabs)

The final book we have to offer for our January giveaways is Daughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Lady Colin Campbell. This author also toured in October of last year.

Daughter of Narcissus by Lady Colin Campbell is a stunning analysis and revelatory memoir of her own dysfunctional family positioned at the heart of upper class Jamaican society from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Addressing the extreme narcissistic personality disorder of her mother, Georgie Campbell's latest book is both a personal, individual record and a penetrating study of this psychological disorder and how it affects and scars all members of the immediate family. Departing from her former studies of contemporary high society, Georgie Campbell has turned her intelligence and insight onto her own past, exposing the emotional truth beneath her family fasade of class and privilege.

The book interweaves private memories of her mother's destructive behaviour with a detailed analysis of the underlying realities and fantasies of the narcissistic personality. With disarming clarity and hard learnt wisdom, she shows us what motivates the behaviours of the narcissistic female as she plots and schemes, destructively setting father against children, sibling against sibling and grand-parent against grand-child. The depth of her work can be seen in her inclusion of recent scientific/medial research on the subject, the extensive bibliography and her endorsement by the eminent Dr. Anna Brocklebank, who has practised psychiatry and is the legal and medical adviser to the renowned Institute of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition the author interconnects the sociological, political and personal in startling ways.


As she covers the end of the British Colonial Age and the rise of a new liberated generation in the 1960s and 1970s, she reveals how these cultural movements impinge on the dynamics and desires within the family Set against a backdrop of wealth and privilege, concealing the destructive and shocking behaviour of the disordered personality, Daughter of Narcissus is disarmingly honest, informed and sometimes disturbing. This compulsive book is not only a fascinating history of one socially prominent international family, but also a uniquely detailed study of narcissism, its manifestations and effects and how to survive them in order to lead a purposeful and affirming life.

What Reviewers Are Saying about Daughter of Narcissus!


"...I found Daughter of Narcissus to be an intriguing read." - Reading Mama

"Daughter of Narcissus is an intriguing exploration of a serious personal problem." - Midwest Book Review

Here's how to enter:


1) Mandatory: Follow this blog or let us know you are already a follower. Comment must include a working email address so that we can contact you if you win.

2) Get one additional entry for blogging about this contest. Leave a comment (with link) here telling us where you blogged about it.

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This giveaway will run from today until 11:59 p.m.(Eastern) on January 31st. Four winners will be announced in early February.

This contest is open to all residents of the United States and Canada.

Giveaways Galore! Your Chance to Win!!!

As promised, the giveaways are going to start up again, so I hope you're ready to win some great free books.

Up for grabs will be:

* Two ARCs of Conflicts with Interest by Michael Ruddy

* Three ARCs of Silk Flowers Never Die by Stella Mazzucchelli

* Four ARCs of Daughter of Narcissus by Lady Colin Campbell

Silk Flowers Never Die and Daughter of Narcissus were on tour last year, and both books received some amazing reviews. I haven't read Ruddy's book yet, but I've added it to my list.

Look for announcements and ways that you can win, soon!

Daughter of Narcissus by Lady Colin Campbell

Daughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a stunning analysis by Lady Colin of her own dysfunctional family positioned at the heart of upper class Jamaican society from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Covering the end of the British Colonial Age and the rise of a liberated generation, whilst addressing the narcissistic personality of her mother, the author brilliantly interconnects the sociological, political and personal. As she dissects the family dynamics lying beneath the appearance of wealth and power, Lady Colin’s understanding of personality disorder is revelatory: compelling the reader to comprehend the destructive and tragic reality concealed by rational language and behavior.

Set against a backdrop of glamour, wealth and fame, this compulsive book is both a fascinating history of one socially prominent family, and a uniquely detailed analysis of narcissism, its manifestations and how to survive them in order to lead a purposeful and affirming life.


Lady Colin Campbell is a highly successful and prolific author of several books, including London and New York Times bestsellers, and has been a prominent and often controversial figure in royal and social circles for many years. She perhaps is best known for her international bestselling book Diana in Private, 1992, and her subsequent extended and revelatory biography of the Princess of Wales, The Real Diana published in 2004. She has written books on the Royal Family, been a long term columnist and appeared numerous times on TV and Radio as an experienced Royal Insider and expert on the British aristocracy. In 1997 she published her autobiography, A Life Worth Living, which was serialized in The Daily Mail. Born in St Andrew, Jamaica, she was educated there and in New York, where she lived for seven years. She is connected to British royalty through common ancestors and marriage. She has two sons and lives in London.

You can visit her publisher online at www.dynastypress.co.uk.

To see where Lady Colin Campbell stops next, visit http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/.

Daughter of Narcissus Virtual Book Tour October 2009

Author Lady Colin Campbell journeys the blogosphere in October 2009 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations to discuss her latest biography, Daughter of Narcissus.

Daughter of Narcissus is a stunning analysis by Lady Colin of her own dysfunctional family positioned at the heart of upper class Jamaican society from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Covering the end of the British Colonial Age and the rise of a liberated generation, whilst addressing the narcissistic personality of her mother, the author brilliantly interconnects the sociological, political and personal. As she dissects the family dynamics lying beneath the appearance of wealth and power, Lady Colin’s understanding of personality disorder is revelatory: compelling the reader to comprehend the destructive and tragic reality concealed by rational language and behavior.

Set against a backdrop of glamour, wealth and fame, this compulsive book is both a fascinating history of one socially prominent family, and a uniquely detailed analysis of narcissism, its manifestations and how to survive them in order to lead a purposeful and affirming life.

Praise for Daughter of Narcissus:

“A tremendous accomplishment and a great self help book. It will enhance the reader’s life as much as it elevates the author’s reputation, and will achieve the distinction of being a popular bestseller that also becomes a medical reference work. Unsurpassable.” -- Dr Anna Brocklebank, MD


Lady Colin Campbell is a highly successful and prolific author of several books, including London and New York Times bestsellers, and has been a prominent and often controversial figure in royal and social circles for many years. She perhaps is best known for her international bestselling book Diana in Private, 1992, and her subsequent extended and revelatory biography of the Princess of Wales, The Real Diana published in 2004. She has written books on the Royal Family, been a long term columnist and appeared numerous times on TV and Radio as an experienced Royal Insider and expert on the British aristocracy. In 1997 she published her autobiography, A Life Worth Living, which was serialized in The Daily Mail. Born in St Andrew, Jamaica, she was educated there and in New York, where she lived for seven years. She is connected to British royalty through common ancestors and marriage. She has two sons and lives in London.

You can visit her online at www.dynastypress.co.uk or at her blog http://ladycolincampbell.blogspot.com/.

If you would like to follow Lady Colin Campbell on her virtual book tour, visit the official Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tour site at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/.

Lady Colin’s virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours, a virtual book tour agency for authors who want quality service for an affordable price. More information can be found on their website at http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com. Sign up for our 12 Days of Christmas Tour Special! Deadline to register is October 30, 2009.