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First Chapter ~ First Paragraph Tuesday Intros


Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where I share the first paragraph or (a few) of a book I am reading or thinking about reading soon. Care to join us?

This week I'm featuring an intro from a book by a favorite author that I am hoping to start soon:

 After Her; Joyce Maynard
August 20 - 2013
William Morrow/Harper Collins 

Prologue

"A little over thirty years ago, on a June day just before sunset--alone on a mountain in Marin County, California--a man came toward me with a length of piano wire stretched between hus hands, and the intention of ending my days. I was fourteen years old, and many others had already died at his hands.  Ever since that I have known what it is to look into a man's eyes and believe his face is the last thing you will ever see.

I have my sister to thank that I am still here and to tell what happened that day.  Two times, it was my sister who saved me, though I was not able to do the same for my sister.

This is our story."
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What do you think? Would you keep reading?  Feel free to join us by linking your First Chapter post below. 

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