"From the air, through the plastic porthole of a descending plane, Bermuda appears improbable."
-- Basil's Dream by Christine Hale.
Lucy Langston moves to Bermuda with her husband and 12-year-old son in 2001, when economic troubles and racial tension are threatening the idyllic serenity of the island paradise. I'm 50 pages into it and completely absorbed.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Opening Sentence of the Day: Basil's Dream
"From the air, through the plastic porthole of a descending plane, Bermuda appears improbable."
-- Basil's Dream by Christine Hale.
Lucy Langston moves to Bermuda with her husband and 12-year-old son in 2001, when economic troubles and racial tension are threatening the idyllic serenity of the island paradise. I'm 50 pages into it and completely absorbed.