17 July 2020

Flygirl | First Line Friday + The Friday 56

First Line Friday is hosted weekly by Hoarding Books.
The Friday 56 is hosted weekly by Freda's Voice.

Happy Friday!

I'm reading Sherri L. Smith's Flygirl today (and hoping to start Orleans this weekend).


First Line: It's Sunday afternoon, and the phonograph player is jumping like a clown in a parade the way Jolene and I are dancing.

From Page 56: "Listen to me, girl. Because you are young and you don't know, I'm here to tell you: you cross that line, you cannot cross back just as you please."




ABOUT THE BOOK

For fans of Unbroken and Ruta Sepetys.

All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she's in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America enters World War II, and the Army forms the WASPWomen Airforce Service Pilots. Ida has a chance to fulfill her dream if she's willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. She wants to fly more than anything, but Ida soon learns that denying one's self and family is a heavy burden, and ultimately it's not what you do but who you are that's most important.

Publisher: Speak
Release Date: January 22, 2009



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6 comments:

  1. Happy Friday!
    Today on my blog I'm sharing the first line from Love and a Little White Lie by Tammy L. Gray: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/07/17/first-line-friday-144/. It's a really fun read. I'm currently on chapter 12, so I'll share from there.
    "By the time Saturday rolls around, I'm convinced that Father Time has a master's degree in torture."
    I hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with relaxing reading time. 😀❤📚

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  2. Set The Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes
    Candlewick Commons London, England. 2000
    To step inside the watchmaker’s cottage was to step outside of time.

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  3. Happy Friday!!
    Over on my blog my first line is from A Bride's Journey to Colorado Territory by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer.
    "I said you need to stay away from him, Sister"
    https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/07/first-line-fridays-brides-journey-to.html

    Have an amazing weekend!

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  4. Happy Friday! My first line is from “A Heart Renewed” by author Kimberly Rae Jordan:

    “Carter Ward stared at the woman in front of him, a sick feeling in his stomach.”

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  5. Flygirl looks awesome to me! Happy weekend!

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  6. My current read is Practically Married by Karin Beery. I'm just starting the second chapter, so I will share the first line of that chapter. "The sharp edge of reality sliced through Russ' heart." May you have a blessed week.

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