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Friday, March 12, 2010

Opening Sentence of the Day: The Well and the Mine


"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.
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6 comments:

  1. Wendy3/12/10, 7:48 AM

    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"...

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  2. Christina T3/12/10, 9:07 AM

    What an attention grabbing first sentence! I went to Goodreads to see what this book was about and it sounds amazing.

    Here are my Book Beginnings.

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  3. Unknown3/12/10, 9:19 AM

    Adding this to my list of stuff to look for at the library!

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  4. Gilion at Rose City Reader3/12/10, 12:27 PM

    Wendy -- 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.

    Christina -- 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.

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  5. Bibliobabe3/12/10, 10:11 PM

    Ohhh - I love the Discover Award. Good pick! Hopefully you'll have a great weekend of reading.


    Here's mine:
    Book Beginnings on Fridays

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  6. Rebecca Chapman3/15/10, 3:45 PM

    Wow, that sounds really intense. You read some really good books.

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