"It's easy to get the feeling that you know the language just because when you order a beer they don't bring you oysters," Paul said. But after seeing a movie about a clown who cried through his laughter, or laughed through his tears -- we couldn't tell which -- even Paul felt discombobulated.-- My Life in France by Julia Child
"Discombobulated"!
I love this book. It's like listening to your best friend tell you a really good story.
"Elsie," he said, "you ought to start sewing a quilt for your bridal bed."
Elsie Hoover turned around fast at the oven with a peach pie on a tin plate held out in her hands.--Eden Springs by Laura Kasischke
Uh oh. Looks like the guru of the creepy Michigan cult has his eye on a new girl.
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Discombobulated indeed! I love that word. Great teaser. My TT is here
ReplyDeleteI loved the Julia Child book - so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteOoh! A two-fer! Check out my Tuesday Teaser: http://thereadersbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/teaser-tuesday.html
ReplyDeleteI'm usually discombobulated. In fact, I don't think I've ever been combobulated! Those are both excellent teasers.
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Wonderful choices!I am reading Iron King so just had to use it for my teaser. Here is my blog where you can find it: http://emmamichaels.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteFantastic teasers! Sounds like both of them are great reads.
ReplyDeleteHere’s mine:
http://tweezlereads.blogspot.com/2010/02/teaser-tuesday.html
Thanks for all the comments and links. I'll go on a round of visits over the lunch hour.
ReplyDeletei guess France will do that to you :)
ReplyDeleteIt must be the French. I recall that David Sedaris had a similar problem with that language. (But his tone isn't quite this fun.)
ReplyDeleteDilettante -- I feel discombobulated trying to speak any foreign language. I'm afraid I'm a complete monoglot.
ReplyDeleteJ.G. -- David Sedaris's essays on learning French had me rolling on the floor. Maybe because I listened to him read them on the audio books. "May we please say 'bye-bye' to the little red dot that lives upon my nose?" is a phrase we use at our house every time we hear a French accent.
That was a great Julia Child quote from a book of memorable lines! Didn't you also love her Batmanesque "Zap" "Splat" "Thud" and other onomatopoeic flavorings?
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