"After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time."
-- The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips (Discover Award winner; introduction by Fannie Flagg; published by the super cool Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts).
I wish I could skip work and read this straight through. But I have to be in court this morning, so no such luck.
NOTE
Book Beginnings on Fridays is a new "opening sentence" event hosted by Becky at Page Turners.
I bought this book not long ago - I am planning to read it in July for the social justice challenge when the theme is poverty. But, I am looking forward to reading your review of it...it has gotten some good "press"...
ReplyDeleteWhat an attention grabbing first sentence! I went to Goodreads to see what this book was about and it sounds amazing.
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Adding this to my list of stuff to look for at the library!
ReplyDeleteWendy -- I think you will enjoy reading it. I am about a third of the way through it and find shades of Erskin Caldwell and Harper Lee.
ReplyDeleteChristina -- It is really well-written in the particular way I prefer where you don't notice the writing.It is so simple and straightforward that it is more like watching than reading. Thanks for the link!
Caitlin - I predict you will love it.
Ohhh - I love the Discover Award. Good pick! Hopefully you'll have a great weekend of reading.
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Book Beginnings on Fridays
Wow, that sounds really intense. You read some really good books.
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