Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud

Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.

MY BOOK BEGINNING

It wasn't until we were halfway through France that we noticed Maretta wasn't talking..

-- from Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud.

This semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of two young sisters, ages five and seven, who move to Morocco with their hippie mom in the early 1970s. The books was made into a movie starring Kate Winslet. The title comes from the little girls, who thought words like "hideous" and "kinky" were sophisticated and said them all the time. 

My book club is reading this now. We picked it because one of our members is moving (at least part time) to Morocco! Our next get together is her sending off party.  

YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from Hideous Kinky:

As soon as Bea's clothes were ready she started school. I was swollen with envy and pride and fear for her.

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

Escaping gray London in 1972, a beautiful, determined mother takes her daughters, aged 5 and 7, to Morocco in search of adventure, a better life, and maybe love. Hideous Kinky follows two little English girls -- the five-year-old narrator and Bea, her seven-year-old sister -- as they struggle to establish some semblance of normal life on a trip to Morocco with their hippie mother, Julia. Once in Marrakech, Julia immerses herself in Sufism and her quest for personal fulfillment, while her daughters rebel -- the older by trying to recreate her English life, the younger by turning her hopes for a father on a most unlikely candidate.