Giveaway: Fingerprints of You by Kristen-Paige Madonia

Title: Fingerprints of You
Author: Kristen-Paige Madonia
Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Lemon grew up with Stella, a single mom who wasn’t exactly maternal. Stella always had a drink in her hand and a new boyfriend every few months, and when things got out of hand, she would whisk Lemon off to a new town for a fresh beginning. Now, just as they are moving yet again, Lemon discovers that she is pregnant from a reckless encounter—with a guy Stella had been flirting with.

On the verge of revisiting her mother’s mistakes, Lemon struggles to cope with the idea of herself as a young unmarried mother, as well as the fact that she’s never met her own father. Determined to have at least one big adventure before she has the baby, Lemon sets off on a cross-country road trip, intending not only to meet her father, but to figure out who she wants to be.

Fingerprints of You is now available everywhere!
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Since this is a rare contemporary that I'm seriously excited about, as I mentioned in yesterday's interview with Kristen-Paige Madonia, I am giving away a copy to one of YOU guys. Fingerprints of You releases today, so I will have the book making its way to the winner as soon as the contest ends (12:01 EST August 21st).

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Author Interview: Kristen-Paige Madonia (Fingerprints of You)

Lemon grew up with Stella, a single mom who wasn’t exactly maternal. Stella always had a drink in her hand and a new boyfriend every few months, and when things got out of hand, she would whisk Lemon off to a new town for a fresh beginning. Now, just as they are moving yet again, Lemon discovers that she is pregnant from a reckless encounter—with a guy Stella had been flirting with.

On the verge of revisiting her mother’s mistakes, Lemon struggles to cope with the idea of herself as a young unmarried mother, as well as the fact that she’s never met her own father. Determined to have at least one big adventure before she has the baby, Lemon sets off on a cross-country road trip, intending not only to meet her father, but to figure out who she wants to be.

Today, I have a very special interview in store for you guys with Kristen-Paige Madonia, the author of Fingerprints of You. I emailed Ms. Madonia back in March to tell her how excited I was about her debut novel (which releases TOMORROW!) after reading the first chapter. As you guys may know, contemporary novels are not really my thing. However, her beautiful writing and fascinating characters were so addictive that I just had to tell her. Anyways, Ms. Madonia is probably one of the sweetest people I have ever spoken with online, and she was kind enough to allow me to interview her for you guys. I hope you enjoy.

Kristen-Paige, thank you so much for stopping by Bibliophilia, Please! Please tell us a little bit about your debut novel, Fingerprints of You, in your own words.

Fingerprints of You is about that bizarre but beautiful phase in life when you realize the world is much larger than you thought, and that you have the ability to decide what kind of person you want to become. It’s about a pregnant teenager and the cross-country road trip she takes in search of her father, a man she’s never met. It’s set on the road and amidst the inspiring music and art scene in San Francisco, and the book explores the challenges of growing up in a single-parent home and the various ways we can confront our pasts, our skeletons in the closet. But at the heart of it, Fingerprints of You is about the comfort we find in one another and the security of family; not blood-born family necessarily, but the families we create for ourselves from the people we love and the people that love us back. The book is about a seventeen-year-old named Lemon Williams and her discovery of hope and strength as she stands on the brink of adulthood.

How did the novel begin? Were there any specific inspirations that began forming the story in your mind?

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Title: Fingerprints of You

Author: Kristen-Paige Madonia

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Release Date: August 7, 2012

A teen embarks on the road trip of a lifetime in this authentic, beautifully written debut novel. 

Lemon grew up with Stella, a single mom who wasn’t exactly maternal. Stella always had a drink in her hand and a new boyfriend every few months, and when things got out of hand, she would whisk Lemon off to a new town for a fresh beginning. Now, just as they are moving yet again, Lemon discovers that she is pregnant from a reckless encounter—with a guy Stella had been flirting with. 

On the verge of revisiting her mother’s mistakes, Lemon struggles to cope with the idea of herself as a young unmarried mother, as well as the fact that she’s never met her own father. Determined to have at least one big adventure before she has the baby, Lemon sets off on a cross-country road trip, intending not only to meet her father, but to figure out who she wants to be. 

Lyrical and moving prose from an original voice whose writing Judy Blume calls “luminous” deftly depicts the nuanced conflicts of early motherhood and the search for identity. (Goodreads)


I don't usually read a lot of contemporary, but after I read an excerpt of the book at The Story Siren, I knew it was for me. I was completely sucked into the story, and Lemon really drew me into her life. I cannot WAIT to get my hands on this book!

Available for pre-order! Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Be sure to add it to your TBR list on Goodreads!

What are you waiting on this week?