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.
DeleteThis is on my list to read. Hoping to get to it soon.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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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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