First Line Fridays – The Solace of Water



First Line Fridays hosted by Hoarding Books



I’ve been reading First Line Fridays at a handful of blogs for a while, occasionally chiming in. This week, I’m posting my own, starting with a beautifully-written novel I began reading this week.

The Solace of Water: A Novel
by Elizabeth Byler Younts
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My skin was the same color as the soil.

What a first line! So much is packed in those nine words. Immediately we know the person is not Caucasian and that fact is significant. This is a story about race. And then we wonder what is significant about the soil. Is something buried beneath the soil?



What’s the first line of the book you’re reading? Or the book nearest to you?



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Published on June 08, 2018 19:47
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