Each Tuesday, Vicki, from I’d Rather Be At The Beach hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros where readers post the opening paragraph (sometime two) of a book that they are reading or plan to read.
Small Fry; Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Grove Press - 2018
"Three months before he died, I began to steal things from my father's house. I wandered around barefoot and slipped objects into my pockets. I took blush, toothpaste, two chipped finger bowls in celadon blue, a bottle of nail polish, a pair of worn patent leather ballet slippers, and four white faded pillowcases the color of old teeth.
After stealing each item, I felt sated. I promised myself that this would be the last time. But soon the urge to take something else would arrive again like thirst."
What do you think - read more or pass? So far I'm really enjoying this memoir.
Hmmm...interesting assortment of things to steal or take. And this is a memoir? I think I'll wait for your final verdict. :-)
ReplyDeleteSteve Job's daughter - it is a weird opening but, the story has grabbed me.
DeleteI want to know why she's stealing things.
ReplyDeleteJust listened to a podcast last night with NYTimes book editor Pamela Paul... this was listed on their top 5 nonfiction list last year. I wasn't planning to read it, but will consider it now. Looking forward to your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI would read a little more to find out why her Dad worn finger nail polish and ballet slippers!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read this book! I was interested in Lisa in the movies I saw about Steve Jobs.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Yes! I am interested in this one.
ReplyDeleteNot my usual genre, but I am intrigued by what she did.
ReplyDeleteSounds quirky but I know it's anything but. I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting. At first, I thought it was a novel!
ReplyDeleteInteresting beginning! I thought it was a novel at first, too.
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