Book Beginnings: The Hotel by Elizabeth Bowen

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
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MY BOOK BEGINNING

Miss Fitzgerald hurried out of the Hotel into the road. Here she stood still, looking purposelessly up and down in the blinding sunshine and picking at the fingers of her gloves.

The Hotel by Elizabeth Bowen. I'm reading Bowen's first novel (1927) in San Remo, Italy because it is set in San Remo, Italy. That doesn't happen very often! My sister and I are on a trip with our parents to celebrate their 80th birthdays.

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING




TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

MY FRIDAY 56

"One does miss one's tea out here," said Joan. "The tea-gardens are so breaking; we can't afford to go there, and the patisserie place is stuffy and full of Italians and one does get sick of pigging it up in one's room with a spirit lamp."