Fractures; Lamar Herrin
Thomas Dunne Books - Macmillan
Nov-2013
PART ONE
THE JOYNERS
"On an April day in 1970, when most of his fellow architecture students were taking their spring break, Frank Joyner drew a Gillette razor blade across his left wrist with one express purpose in mind: he wanted to see if, when the blood appeared, he was willing to let it flow, or if, in fact, he wanted to live. On hand he had a stack of gauze pads, an Ace bandage, a leather belt he'd tested on his forearm and then punched a new hole in that could serve as a tourniquet. In an anatomy book he'd checked out of the library, he'd read that the veins running down his wrist would yield, if cut, a dark blood, which would only ooze out, and that gauze pressed down beneath the Ace bandage would be sufficient to stop it. Flanking the veins and deeper set, were the radial and ulnar arteries, and these would yield a bright red blood in a pulsating flow, which would take a tourniquet, in addition to the gauze and bandage, to stop. The arteries brought blood from the heart, oxygenated to that brighter red as it passed through the lungs; after its long, wearing trip through the body, the veins brought the blood back."
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What do you think? Would you keep reading?
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I'm curious about this book, so yes, I'd keep reading. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting book. I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteCreepy. Not for me!
ReplyDeleteYes, certainly interesting. Several ways the story can go from here. working in the medical field, it reads not too creepy for me.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Diane. It's not my genre.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could continue reading it, like Mystica said, it is to creepy for me.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'd keep going -- I might read another paragraph or two, but this doesn't sound like it's for me.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a pass on this one...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like risky behavior. I want to know more, so yes, I'd keep reading....at least for awhile.
ReplyDeleteWow - that's quite an intro. Sounds like this could be a depressing book, but I'm still very curious.
ReplyDeleteThe first line is simple yet graphic. I don't think I would keep reading.
ReplyDeletewow that certainly puts you in the mood... not sure I would go on
ReplyDeleteI would like to read a bit more....
ReplyDeleteHere is my Tuesday Intros post!
Not sure about this one...I'd have to read a bit more before I committed to it.
ReplyDeleteHe seems very thorough in his research. Here's Mine
ReplyDeleteJust realized I put up two links ... the first one is from a couple of weeks ago and can be deleted. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't really creep me out, but makes me curious as to the why he would do all the research and then actually try the razor. There must be more to the story.
ReplyDeleteThat certainly is a captivating opening, but... will it be too uncomfortable to read on, that's the rub. I know it's intriguing, prodding one to go on to find out more. That for sure.
ReplyDeleteI likely would read on, at least for a bit.
ReplyDeleteThe intro has me wondering about the book. If it is filled with family drama, I'm all in!
ReplyDeleteWell that is one way to find out how strong your survival instinct is. I'd keep reading to find out what he does...
ReplyDeleteOuch. I would keep reading. I can't imagine doing something like that as an experiment, especially when the result might be death.
ReplyDeleteno-I think I would have to stop right there. enjoy your book. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI don't know about this one. I'd need to know a little more.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to keep reading to find out what it was that possessed him to do something so rash and foolish.
ReplyDeleteYikes! I'm not ure that's for me!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm definitely curious! That opening paragraph really grabbed me. I'm wondering what happens to Frank and what happens in the rest of the book. So. I guess I'd have to keep reading!
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