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The Friday 56
The Girl Below
Bianca Zander
Beginning
Summer was high, the streets flared golden, and all around me the neighborhood sighed with so much privilege that I felt shut out -- a stranger on the block where my childhood took place.
Friday 56
On one of my last mornings in Auckland, I had gotten up early and gone for a drive before the sun came up. It was a Sunday, and the streets near where I lived were still asleep, bathed in weak gray light, everything hazy, undefined.
The Girl Below
A breathtaking whirlwind of mystery, transgression, and self-discovery, Bianca Zander’s The Girl Below is a haunting tale of secrets, human frailty, and dark memory that heralds the arrival of an extraordinary new literary talent.“I just loved The Girl Below—it’s so real and moving, so funny and smart, so sharp and artful. In every sense, Bianca Zander is a fantastic writer, and I’m recommending this magical novel to all my friends.” — Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife
Watch for my review on Wednesday, July 11TH.
13 comments:
Good beginning. Looks like an interesting book.
I recently read this one...lots of sadness. Good, though....
Here's MY FRIDAY MEMES POST
I haven't picked up a book in several months. The last 3 I stopped reading after a couple of chapters.
Too busy sewing.
i had a hard time reading your reveiw because i was laying on my back on he sofa staring UP through your header tree. love that looking up shot. the books sounds good and the type i would like
I tried to win a copy of this one... yup, I like it.
Golden streets. I take it she's a poor child, or maybe a very sheltered one. Good opening lines.
Here's my Book Beginning.
Sounds good. Here is my post:
BBF
Yay another good book about to be reviewed. We're looking forward to it and oh to be in Auckland where is must be cooler than here.
Hugs Madi
That's a very evocative beginning. Sounds good!
My Friday Memes.
Visiting from F56..
I'll have to come back to read your review! Love the cover and the story sounds like the kind of books I like to read.
I like long beginnings like that that really pull you into the story.
Thanks for participating in Book Beginnings on Fridays. I'd like to drum up some more participants, and one idea I had was this: if you are on Twitter, please tweet a link to your post using the has tag #BookBeginnings. Maybe in connection with #FridayReads, if you participate in that twitter event. Thanks!
You must be an avid reader to get through so many books. You always make them sound so interesting and I make a list of them hoping I will find time to read some. At the moment I'm reading, 'Pitcairn Paradise Lost' by Kathy Marks. It is the true story of the cild abuse trials held there between 2000 and 2007. It is a shocking tale.
Now that I've read a couple of lines from the book, I'm for sure going to check it out. Thanks!
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