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5 Minutes for Books: The Laws of Harmony

March 2, 2009 by Jennifer Donovan

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The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks is the kind of novel that defies a simple description. It opens as a simple life drama, but quickly turns into a suspenseful mystery, but almost as quickly settles back into a novel of self-discovery.

Sunny Cooper is this story. But who is she? In the year that this novel covers, she works as a dog walker, voice-over actress, baker and waitress. She lives in three different places in two different states. Is she a resentful daughter, a mourning lover, a friend, or a maverick? Is she a lone wolf or does she simply need to start over?

This novel has a number of interesting backdrops as well:

  • a commune in New Mexico where Sunny grew up
  • a beautiful island in the Pacific Northwest
  • a small-town bookstore
  • a local hang-out restaurant
  • and throughout, the food that Sunny loves to cook and eat

Even though all the story lines are not neatly tied up (which is not a bad thing in my mind), by the end of the novel, we have a little bit of an idea about where she’s going, and as a reader I had become interested enough to care.

Do you ever wonder where authors get the ideas for the stories they write? Click over to 5 Minutes for Books for some of the inside scoop from author Judith Hendricks. You can also read 20% of the novel online at HarperCollins by using the Browse Inside feature.


Leave a comment for your chance to win one of five copies (U.S. or Canadian shipping addresses). We will announce the winners in next week’s column.

This giveaway is CLOSED.

The winner of the gift package from Mother of the Year is #33 MomstheWord. If you didn’t receive my notification email, please send your shipping info to 5MinutesforBooksATgmail(DOT)com.

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

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125 Comments

  1. Marcy Strahan says

    March 8, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL BOOK!
    THROWING MY NAME IN THE HAT FOR THIS ONE!

    THANKS!

    [email protected]

  2. Jeanine P says

    March 8, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Nice prize! I would love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  3. Denise says

    March 8, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    I so would love to read this one!

  4. Kathy H. says

    March 8, 2009 at 11:39 am

    I love to read and this book looks interesting!

  5. Lily Kwan says

    March 8, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

  6. kathy says

    March 8, 2009 at 10:15 am

    The setting (Pacific Northwest) sounds great and so does the mystery and food!

  7. Veronica Garrett says

    March 8, 2009 at 9:52 am

    I would love to win this book. It sounds very interesting.

  8. Rose Fisher says

    March 8, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Books are wonderful and this one sounds very interesting. Definitely one that you can’t put down. Please enter me for a chance to win!

    Thanks!
    ~~Rose~~

  9. Linda Howard says

    March 8, 2009 at 8:19 am

    I love to read. Please enter me. Thanks!

  10. JoAnn L. says

    March 8, 2009 at 7:57 am

    It looks very good, please enter me.

  11. Laura C says

    March 8, 2009 at 5:05 am

    Thanks for this giveaway and yes it’s a wonder where the authors get their ideas. llchacko(at)hotmail.com

  12. Adrian Lamont says

    March 8, 2009 at 3:05 am

    This is great, count me in.

  13. Martha J says

    March 8, 2009 at 3:13 am

    Sounds interesting!

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    March 8, 2009 at 1:11 am

    Sounds very interesting!

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    March 8, 2009 at 12:16 am

    I love to read!

  16. Kelly Blackwell says

    March 8, 2009 at 12:02 am

    I have never heard of this book. Thanks for the Harper link! I am convinced I would love this book! Thank you for the giveaway!

  17. Ellie W says

    March 7, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me.

  18. Brenda S. says

    March 7, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    sounds interesting!

  19. Jean F says

    March 7, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    A heroine that actually eats, now there is a pleasant change!

  20. Patti D says

    March 7, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    This is my year of reading, anything and everything. This looks very interesting and I would love to win!

  21. Janea C says

    March 7, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Please enter me in the giveaway.

  22. christopher h says

    March 7, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    sounds good

  23. Ed Nemmers says

    March 7, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Happy Weekend!

  24. Lisa Taylor says

    March 7, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    I would love the chance to read the book

  25. sherri says

    March 7, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    sounds like a fun read

  26. shawna f says

    March 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Sounds like a great book!

  27. Stephanie Johnston says

    March 7, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Would love to win this book

  28. Connie A Rowe says

    March 7, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Love to win this for my daughter

  29. ky2here says

    March 7, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    I’d love to know where writers get their ideas. I’m interested in this book. Please include me.

  30. Candie L says

    March 7, 2009 at 10:54 am

    I am always looking for new books to read. Thank you

  31. Marie says

    March 6, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Sounds fascinating, I’d love to read it!

  32. Carrie Baird says

    March 6, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Sounds like a good book – thanks for the chance to win! [email protected][dot]com

  33. Sarah says

    March 6, 2009 at 10:25 am

    enter me!

  34. Jennifer Hedden says

    March 6, 2009 at 10:24 am

    enter me

  35. Kayce C says

    March 5, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    I need some harmony.

  36. Stephanie says

    March 5, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    I actually heard about this book!

  37. Steve Scott says

    March 5, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Please and thank you

  38. Heather B says

    March 5, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Always on the lookout for a great book!

  39. Karen Gonyea says

    March 5, 2009 at 11:54 am

    Looks wonderful.

  40. leslie says

    March 5, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Terrific

  41. Molly Capel says

    March 5, 2009 at 4:15 am

    Sounds like a great book.

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    March 4, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    This looks like a book with a great plot. I would like to read it. Please enter me.

  43. Jason Nickolay says

    March 4, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    This sounds like a great book. I have been in the market for some new reading material

  44. lori w. says

    March 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    this sounds good

  45. Tarah says

    March 4, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    This sounds like an interesting book!

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    March 4, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    i need this

  47. Renita says

    March 4, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Please enter me. Thanks. 🙂

  48. beth shepherd says

    March 4, 2009 at 10:36 am

    Thank you for a great giveaway! I would love to win and be able to read this book. Thank you
    [email protected]

  49. Marlene V says

    March 3, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    Count me in!!! Thanks for the giveaway:)

  50. Linda Chaput says

    March 3, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    I would love to win this book.I am a subscriber.

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    March 3, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    Please, enter me, great prize!!!

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    March 3, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    I would love to read this book. Thank you!

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    March 3, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    Sounds like a great read!

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    March 3, 2009 at 8:39 pm

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    March 3, 2009 at 8:34 pm

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    March 3, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I want to win

  57. Leslie D. says

    March 3, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Great description of the book. Sunny sounds like a great character that I want to know more about. Thanks for the giveaway.

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    March 3, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    this looks like a great book.

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    March 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm

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    March 3, 2009 at 3:24 pm

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    March 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm

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  63. Susan C says

    March 3, 2009 at 11:07 am

    I like that there is food and cooking in this book-my favorite type.

  64. Tara says

    March 3, 2009 at 10:17 am

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    March 3, 2009 at 9:27 am

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    March 3, 2009 at 5:03 am

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    March 3, 2009 at 12:41 am

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    March 3, 2009 at 12:26 am

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  71. Meredith Rogen says

    March 2, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    This looks like a good read. I like books that are set in the Northwest.

  72. Petula says

    March 2, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    I think about authors’ creative thoughts all the time. 🙂 Sounds like a great read.

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    March 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Sounds like a good book

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    That sounds like a good one to read…the author video was interesting!

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    March 2, 2009 at 7:14 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Avid reader who shares with others. Please count me in.

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    March 2, 2009 at 6:54 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    i like to read these sort of books

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    March 2, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    I subscribe through Google Reader.

  81. Renee Concolino says

    March 2, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    I love following the path of someone who is on a journal: whether is be emotional, spiritual, or one of trying to find oneself—it is generally interesting and helps us all to learn about ourselves and humans as a whole.

  82. Stacy says

    March 2, 2009 at 6:33 pm

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  84. Wendy Wallach says

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    March 2, 2009 at 4:43 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 3:49 pm

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  90. Sherry says

    March 2, 2009 at 3:31 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    This so sounds like the kind of book I’d love. Thanks.

  92. Deanna says

    March 2, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    I would love to win this book.

    I listened to the author speak about how she came to the idea of this story. It was very interesting to her speak about the idea and where it originated from. A sad story from 1979. After listening to her…I am even more interested in reading the story.

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    March 2, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    This sounds like an amazing book to read!

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    Reads as if its my kind of book.

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  100. Loraine says

    March 2, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    This book sounds really good. I am always looking for new authours to read. Thanks for the contest.

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    March 2, 2009 at 1:02 pm

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    i want to win, im entered

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    subscriber

  105. SANDY says

    March 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    sounds interesting

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    It sounds like a really good book. I would love a chance to win. Thank you.

  107. mindy says

    March 2, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    sounds intriguing thanks for the giveaway

  108. alycep says

    March 2, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Sounds good and I am always looking for a good read, especially mysteries.

  109. randi oaklief says

    March 2, 2009 at 11:15 am

    I’ve read everything she’s written & have really enjoyed her books! This one sounds very good as well, I’d love to read it.

  110. Cindi says

    March 2, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Sounds like a very interesting concept for a book that reads like an everyday drama and then turns into to a suspense story! The main character sounds colorful. Please add my name to your drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

  111. Mary Ward says

    March 2, 2009 at 10:55 am

    I have this on my list of books to buy. I would love it.

  112. Becky says

    March 2, 2009 at 10:47 am

    This sounds like a very interesting book. Please enter me into the drawing.

    Thanks so much!

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    March 2, 2009 at 10:39 am

    This sounds like a great read! I would love to win a copy!

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    Looks like a good book.

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    I love reading new books, and would love to win this one. Sounds very interesting.

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    March 2, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I’d love to win – it sounds like a great book and a little off the beaten path.

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    March 2, 2009 at 7:59 am

    This sounds really interesting!

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    March 2, 2009 at 7:12 am

    Sounds like my kind of book!

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    March 2, 2009 at 6:42 am

    Love books. Reading takes you somewhere different that where you really are! Wish me luck!

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:51 am

    love to read

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:49 am

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    March 2, 2009 at 12:13 am

    huh – sounds interesting!

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