The Other Family by Joanna Trollope -- BOOK BEGINNING

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

The Other Family by Joanna Trollope

Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Looking back, it astonished her that none of them had broken down in the hospital.

-- from The Other Family by Joanna Trollope.

Joanna Trollope is always a good read. Whatever is the "plot" she makes an interesting story out of it, with interesting characters facing difficult circumstances. And she often gives a surprising but satisfactory ending. She's a definite favorite of mine when I am in the mood for well-written hen lit, or an Aga Saga as they are sometimes called. 

Trollope is right up there with Maeve Binchy and Anne Tyler in my book. Can you recommend others like them? I'm always on the lookout!

YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from The Other Family:

So here they were, Margaret in black, he in his best dark work suit, hair gelled, sober tie, uncomfortably damp palms, in a North London church packed with showbiz people, looking at a pale-wood coffin with brass handles -- and his father inside. It occurred to him that he, as his father's only son, and his mother, as his father's wife, had more right to be there than anyone, more natural right.

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

When Richie Rossiter, once a famous pianist, dies unexpectedly, Chrissie knows that she must now tell the truth to their three daughters: their parents were never married. Yet there is one more shock to come when Richie's will is read. It seems he never forgot the wife and son he left behind years ago - Margaret, who lives a quiet life of routine and work, and Scott, who never knew his famous father. Now two families are left to confront their losses and each other, and none of them will ever be the same.