Each Tuesday, Vicki, from I’d Rather Be At The Beach hosts First Chapter
First Paragraph Tuesday Intros where readers post the opening paragraph(s)
of a book that they are reading or plan to read. Here's my pick for this week:
Wild Game; Adrienne Brodeur
Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt - 2019
Prologue
A BURIED TRUTH, that's all a lie really is.
Cape Cod is a place where things surface and disappear again: wooden lobster pots, the vertebrae of humpback whales, chunks of frosted glass. One day there's nothing; the next, the cynical forces of nature--erosion, wind, and tide--unearth something that has been there all along. A day later, it's gone.
I love memoirs and have been looking forward to this one. What do you think?
I'm reading this right now and am having some trouble connecting with it.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if it might be hard to relate to but, I've enjoyed so many memoirs that I couldn't image being - my life. Did you read Smoke Gets in Your Eyes? loved that one.
DeleteI'm not sure from the intro but I would probably read more to find out.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, now I am intrigued. Loved the descriptions. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite an evocative description - something that would make me want to read further.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover and I do like the sound of that first paragraph. It's been awhile since I've read a non-foody memoir so I might have to pick this one up!
ReplyDeleteI like the cover too and am intrigued by the bit I read.
ReplyDeleteNot a whole lot to go on, but the opening paragraphs did make me curious enough to give it a few more pagers before deciding about it.
ReplyDeleteI have a copy of this from my Nervous Breakdown Bookclub subscription and I heard the author interviewed on Otherppl. It sounded to me like kind of a creepy story but definitely memoir material. I will get to it eventually.
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