Tuesday, June 19, 2012

First Chapter -- First Paragraph -- Tuesday Intros



Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros.  This week's intro is from Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl:




 I take an early flight and arrive in Minneapolis in the late morning.  That afternoon my stepmom Sandy and I are meeting my mother at the lawyer's office so I can sign the papers about the house.  My dad and Sandy normally have limited contact with my mother, but before I left New York Sandy called me and offered to help in anyway she could; she even agreed to let my mother sign power of attorney over to her, since I live so far away.  I wish I could call my brother so he could help, but that's not an option.


When my mother arrives, Sandy and I are waiting for her in the parking lot in front of the lawyer's office.  My mom gets out of her giant rusty car and I try to ignore the fact that the backseat is piled to the ceiling with garbage bags, clothes and God only knows what else.  It's April and warm for a Minneapolis spring.  My mother's in one of her signature knee-length sweater coats, the baggy black leggings she's taken to wearing in the last few years, and a roomy pale blue T-shirt, or as she say sin her lingering Boston accent, "a jersey."  Her keys hang on an orange plastic coil around her neck.  Her curly hair is completely gray now -- sometimes she dyes it brown or auburn -- and cut in chin-length bob, with bangs.  It looks pretty decent for cutting it herself.

7 comments:

  1. I'm getting an uncomfortable feeling already of what is to follow. Looking forward to your review.

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  2. The title alone makes me curious about the book!

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  3. Sounds like this one could get a little messy, lol!

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  4. This sounds like it has a lot of interesting dimensions. Here's Mine

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  5. Oh, I LOVED this book! Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog. Hope you love this as much as I did.

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  6. The intro of the mother makes me think of the beginning of The Glass Castle, memoir by Jeannette Walls. They both grab your attention right away. I'll be interested to know what's going on. Sound like an interesting read here.

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  7. I just finished a novel about hoarding. Look forward to your thoughts.

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