Book Beginning: Yeshiva Girl by Rachel Mankowitz

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

I was fifteen and a half years old when my father was arrested.

-- Yeshiva Girl by Rachel Mankowitz. That's an attention grabber!

This timely story of a teacher accused of sexual impropriety with a student stands out for being told from the point of view of his daughter -- who believes the accusations.

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

EARLY BIRDS & SLOWPOKES: This weekly post goes up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. But feel free to add a link all week.

SOCIAL MEDIA: If you are on Twitter, Instagram, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I try to follow all Book Beginnings participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING




TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

MY FRIDAY 56

The adults finished two bottles of wine with lunch and then started on the Johnny Walker Black over dessert. I drank diet soda and Rivky poured a galss of water onto her plate until the roasted red potatoes looked like islands.

Teaser Tuesday: Rash: A Memoir by Lisa Kusel

I turned on my side and stared out past the bamboo balcony to the jungly mass of sculpture-still palms beyond. I had to face the fact that there'd be no more ocean breezes to lighten the air; no more glass windows to keep out the bugs; no more air-conditioning. 

Rash: A Memoir by Lisa Kusel. Living in Bali was not the tropical paradise it sounded like when Lisa and her husband first thought of an ex-pat adventure with their toddler daughter.

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by The Purple Booker, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.

Mailbox Monday: Blackthorn and Yeshiva Girl

Two really interesting new novels came my way last week.



Blackthorn by Judy Nedry. Described as a "gothic thriller," this moody mystery set in a crumbling old resort in the Pacific Northwest has everything going for it.



Yeshiva Girl by Rachel Mankowitz. This is a timely story of a teacher accused of sexual impropriety with a student. What makes this book stand out is that the story is told by the man's 15 year old daughter -- and she believes the accusations.

What books came into your house last week?

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday, a weekly "show & tell" blog event where participants share the books they acquired the week before. Visit the Mailbox Monday website to find links to all the participants' posts and read more about Books that Caught our Eye.

Mailbox Monday is graciously hosted by Leslie of Under My Apple Tree, Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit, and Martha of Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf.

Book Beginning: Mortality: With Pronoun Shifts by Don Colburn

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Isn't it enough
that this one, say, has been around
longer than Jesus or Buddha
and that one's older than Pliny the Elder
or Roquefort cheese and most if not all
dirt?

-- from "Bristlecone Pines," the first poem in Mortality with Pronoun Shifts: Poems by Don Colburn.

PORTLAND BOOK EVENT: Don will be reading from Mortality: With Pronoun Shifts at Broadway Books on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 7:00 pm.

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

EARLY BIRDS & SLOWPOKES: This weekly post goes up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. But feel free to add a link all week.

SOCIAL MEDIA: If you are on Twitter, Instagram, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I try to follow all Book Beginnings participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING





TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

MY FRIDAY 56

The locals have laid down bets
on when the thick lake ice will break up
and here already the creaking and cracking
make way for slow dark water.

-- from "Along Mink Brook, Early Spring," the last poem in the collection, because this nice little chapbook does not go all the way to 56 pages.

Teaser Tuesday: Raw Material: Working Wool in the West by Stephany Wilkes

"I want people to think about where the fiber came from and what went into the whole production of it. It is grown here and I have my hands on through most of the processes."

-- Raw Material: Working Wool in the West by Stephany Wilkes. Wilkes's search for "local yarn" lead her to sheep shearing school and a growing community of eco-friendly wool producers.

Learn more about Stephany and her work here at We Love Sheep.

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by The Purple Booker, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.