It’s been several weeks since I shared about a new read so I thought I’d join in this week’s First Chapter, First Paragraph Tuesday Intros. Thank you to Yvonne, from Socrates’ Book Reviews who hosts this meme. As a reminder this is your chance to post a bit from a book that you are reading or planning to read.
“There were already four us by the time Ida arrived, on an unusually cold summer’s night. Thanks to a nearly full moon, it was still so bright out at two A.M. that we could count the freckles on each other’s noses. We had vowed not to go to sleep until we’d heard the new baby’s first cry. We had taken chips and Cokes up to our attic bedroom and had put on our warmest flannel pajamas.”
A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein; translated by Hester Velmans
Doesn’t that sound cozy and a bit idyllic?
Here’s a bit more from the publisher’s blurb: Growing up with her adored siblings in a rambling house in Holland, clever, precocious Ellen has an idyllic childhood suffused with Americana from her parents’ news-clipping service—from Coca-Cola to Kissinger to Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon. But amid the happiness lies terror and unimaginable heartbreak and a twelfth birthday that haunts her still.
I’ve only just started and I’m fully swept in to this story. How about you would you read this?
This is my second book for my 10 Books of Summer reading challenge and no doubt will count for a couple of other challenges I’m also participating in.
Sounds so good! Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “THE NEWCOMERâ€
This is new to me, but sounds so good!
Sounds like a good one. I would definitely continue reading.
This one is new but, I do like the sound of it. Thanks for sharing, I need to relook at your initial summer list (not that I don’t have enough to read.) LOL
“A twelfth birthday that haunts her still”? That sounds ominous, gah those family secrets.
It’s a great first paragraph! Certainly made me want to read more.
I’m not as sure about the first paragraph as I am about that wonderful cover!
This sounds really good, Iliana!