How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be here at A Few More Pages every Friday.
Thanks to Becky at Page Turners for starting this meme and to Rose City Reader for inspiring it!
I come from the village of Opi in Abruzzo, perched on the spine of Italy. As long as anyone remembers, our family kept sheep. We lived and died in Opi and those who left the mountain always came to ruin.
I thought this was an intriguing beginning. Opi sounds like a small town where few people move to and few people leave. This book is an immigrant's story, and this beginning was a great way to start it off. I remember hoping that the narrator didn't come to ruin when she left the mountain.
So, what is the first line of your current read, and how did you like it? Please leave the link to your specific post, not just to the front page of your blog.
It sounds so simplistic. Would life ever be that simple ever again I wonder?
ReplyDeleteAh, this is one that hints at intriguing themes...there's a lot more to the story.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love that cover!
ReplyDeleteInteresting beginning :)
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ReplyDeleteI always like to check out the full synopsis, before I leave a comment, but I can't find one anywhere for this title.
The beginning does intrigue me however, so I guess I shall just have to wait for your review, although I have already added it to my 'wish list', it sounds so good.
Yvonne
Oh! Here's a synopsis from the TLC Book Tours site:
ReplyDeleteA moving, powerful, and evocative debut novel, When We Were Strangers by Pamela Schoenewaldt heralds the arrival of superb new voice in American fiction. A tale rich in color, character, and vivid historical detail, it chronicles the tumultuous life journey of a young immigrant seamstress, as she travels from her isolated Italian mountain village through the dark corners of late nineteenth century America. A historical novel that readers of Geraldine Brooks, Nancy Turner, Frances de Pontes Peebles, and Debra Dean will most certainly cherish, When We Were Strangers will live in the mind and the heart long after its last page is turned.
Thanks for the visit and hosting this meme :D
ReplyDeleteThis book is perfect for the Immigrant Stories challenge I am hosting - thanks for stopping by and recommending it! I look forward to your review!
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