It's Friday . . . time to share book excerpts with:
- Book Beginnings on Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, where bloggers share the first sentence or more of a current read, as well as initial thoughts about the sentence(s), impressions of the book, or anything else that the opening inspires.
- The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice, where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an ebook), find one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.
Beginning: Monday, September 21
Perhaps you will see the painting one day. Long lost, suddenly resurfaced — all the museums will want to display it.
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Page 56:
"How would she deal with the picture? Wasn't it way too heavy? Was someone helping her? Who? Or would she manage to carry it? Why didn't she trust me?"
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From Goodreads: For decades the painting was believed to be lost. But, just as mysteriously as it disappeared, it reappears, an anonymous donation to a gallery in Sydney. The art world is stunned but so are the three men who loved the woman in the painting, the woman on the stairs. One by one they track her down to an isolated cottage in Australia. Here they must try to untangle the lies and betrayals of their shared past - but time is running out.
The Woman on the Stairs is an intricately-crafted, poignant and beguiling novel about creativity and love, about the effects of time passing and the regrets that haunt us all.
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This Friday Focus post was originally written and published by Catherine for bookclublibrarian.com. It cannot be republished without attribution. Retweeting and sharing on Google+ are appreciated.
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