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Share a pic of the house you grew up in and win £100 John Lewis voucher -WINNING PICTURE ANNOUNCED

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RachelMumsnet · 08/07/2013 16:34

To celebrate the publication of Lisa Jewell's latest book The House We Grew Up In we're inviting you to send in pictures of the house that you grew up in with a short caption.

Whether it's a shot of the exterior or a room indoors, a garden or even piece of furniture or ornament but all pics must be evocative of your childhood. Post your pics up before the end of 22 July, write a short caption, and we'll create a carousel of our favourite ten pics on 23 July. Each person who makes the shortlist of ten will receive a copy of The House We Grew Up in. Author Lisa Jewell will then choose the winning photo from the ten and we'll announce the winner on Thursday 25 July. The winner will receive a £100 voucher for John Lewis.

More about The House We Grew up in by Lisa Jewell

Meet the Bird Family

All four children have an idyllic childhood: a picture-book cottage in a country village, a warm, cosy kitchen filled with love and laughter, sun-drenched afternoons in a rambling garden.

But one Easter weekend a tragedy strikes the Bird family that is so devastating that, almost imperceptibly, it begins to tear them apart.

The years pass and the children become adults and begin to develop their own quite separate lives. Soon it's almost as though they've never been a family at all.

Almost. But not quite.

Because something has happened that will call them home, back to the house they grew up in - and to what really happened that Easter weekend all those years ago.

RachelMumsnet · 09/07/2013 10:38

@MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill

What if you didn't grow up in a house?

Sorry we didn't mean to exclude anyone from entering the comp - we're just using 'house' as a generic term for 'home' as it's the title of Lisa Jewell's book. Post up pics of where ever you lived when you were growing up.

RachelMumsnet · 09/07/2013 12:07

Oh sorry we didn't think this would be difficult. We just thought people would take a picture of a photo on their phones and upload. Don't stress about the quality of the photo - that's not what the comp's about - it's more about gathering pics that are evocative of the places you grew up.

RachelMumsnet · 23/07/2013 17:57

Thank you everyone for sending in such delightful pictures. We've SO enjoyed looking through these and never before seen such a sea of brown and orange 70s swirls Grin. It was an incredibly difficult task to choose our favourite ten for the shortlist but between the editorial team at MNHQ and publicity team at Random House we've now chosen and can reveal the ten shortlisted pics with captions...

The House I Grew Up In shortlisted pictures

We'll be pm-ing all those whose pics have made the final ten and who have each won a copy of Lisa Jewell's book The House We Grew Up In. We've sent the shortlisted pics over to Lisa who will be picking the winning photo and we'll announce the winner of £100 John Lewis vouchers on Thursday.

RachelMumsnet · 25/07/2013 11:32

Congratulations eatyourveg whose picture has been chosen as the winning photo by author Lisa Jewell. Lisa agonized over the short list for a long time as she loved them all but eventually decided on Eatyourveg's wonderful picture and caption. Lisa says:

'I love the brilliant accents of the white house, the white confirmation dress and the white daisies scattered across the bright green lawn. White was so much whiter in those days and blue was so much bluer. I also love the bittersweet tribute to the house itself, the sense that the house itself is irrelevant, it's the lives being lived inside its walls that make it a home'.

Eatyourveg we'll pm you with details of how to claim your £100 John Lewis vouchers.

LaraMumsnet · 29/07/2013 11:19

@llittlehouseinthesuburbs

I was quite shocked to see my photo in the short listed 10 Grin.

Haven't had a PM yet and wondered if it's because I NCd for this. Didn't want to out myself under my usual name to anyone who knew me as a kid.

Hi littlehouseinthesuburbs,

Just in case you did not receive a PM from RachelMumsnet, could you please send your name and address to [email protected]. Thanks

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