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Happy Friday!
I'm listening to Susan Meissner's The Last Year of the War today (so interesting!). Because I only have the audiobook, here's a peek at another one of her books (one that happens to be new-to-my-shelves this week).
First Line: The sun is setting on my last day in Florence.
From Page 56: My memory of that house is not the neighborhood it stood in. My memory of that house is my grandmother's presence, the fabric of home and belonging, the feel of arriving at the place where you are safe.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Renaissance is a word with hope infused in every letter.
Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away and it falls to her less-than-reliable father to take her instead, Meg’s long-anticipated travel plans seem permanently on hold.
When her dad finally tells Meg to book the trip, she prays that the experience will heal the fissures left on her life by her parents’ divorce. But when Meg arrives in Florence, her father is nowhere to be found, leaving aspiring memoir-writer Sophia Borelli to introduce Meg to the rich beauty of the ancient city. Sofia claims to be one of the last surviving members of the Medici family and that a long-ago Medici princess, Nora Orsini, communicates with her from within the great masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
When Sophia, Meg, and Nora’s stories intersect, their lives will be indelibly changed as they each answer the question: What if renaissance isn’t just a word? What if that’s what happens when you dare to believe that what is isn’t what has to be?
Now, feel free to leave a line from a book near you in the comments below.
And be sure to stop by Hoarding Books and Freda's Voice for a peek into other books.
Over on my blog, I'm sharing the first line from Sherrinda Ketchersid's debut novel "Lord of Her Heart". Here I'll share the first line from chapter 11 of the same book.
ReplyDelete"Tension filled the air as servants jostled each other in a frantic pace to prepare meals for those at the tournament."
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
This book seems interesting. Enjoy your current read!
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ReplyDeleteToday I shared the first line from Wooing Cadie McCaffrey by Bethany Turner but it's also the book I'm about to dig into so I don't have an extra line at the moment to share. Have a great weekend!
Great snippets, and I like the setting. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI need to read a Susan Meissner book! The first line from my current read, The Highest of Hopes by Susan Anne Mason is:
ReplyDelete"There was no turning back now!"
I've never read a book by her, but I've heard so many good things about her books! Today I'm sharing the first line from The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie Martin:
ReplyDelete"Over the past five years, I've lived what I've jokingly called a public private life."
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/05/first-line-fridays-brave-art-of.html
The quote I'm sharing on my blog today is from the novella collection An Amish Reunion. This is the first line from page 81 of my current read, Who I Am With You by Robin Lee Hatcher:
ReplyDelete"Ignorance, Ridley discovered, isn't bliss."
Have a great weekend!
Happy reading!
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