Friday 4 October 2013

Book Beginnings On Fridays (The Homecoming Of Samuel Lake)



Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by Rose City Reader and as she says the idea of this meme is for you 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. There's a linky list on the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.

 

My book beginning is The Homecoming Of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield:

John Moses couldn't have chosen a worse day, or a worse way to die. If he'd planned it for a lifetime. Which was possible. He was contrary as a mule. It was the weekend of the Moses family reunion, and everything was perfect - or at least perfectly normal - until John went and ruined it.

 The Homecoming of Samuel Lake 

Book Blurb:

Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at “the old home place,” a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. The children embrace the reunion as a welcome escape from the prying eyes of their father’s congregation; for Willadee it’s a precious opportunity to spend time with her mother and father, Calla and John. But just as the reunion is getting under way, tragedy strikes, jolting the family to their core: John’s untimely death and, soon after, the loss of Samuel’s parish, which set the stage for a summer of crisis and profound change.

In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee’s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and fearlessness have alternately seduced and bedeviled three generations of the family. But it is Blade Ballenger, a traumatized eight-year-old neighbor, who soon captures Swan’s undivided attention. Full of righteous anger, and innocent of the peril facing her and those she loves, Swan makes it her mission to keep the boy safe from his terrifying father.
 
  

 


5 comments:

  1. I've heard good things about this book. Too bad about Samuel "ruining" the day....I am now very curious.

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  2. Oh man, what did John do???

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  3. I like stories with family themes...thanks for sharing.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Book Beginnings

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  4. Good beginning! Funny but then you realize it shouldn't be. It make me want to read on.

    This is the first week in a while I’ve had time to leave comments and not just fly by. Thanks for participating in Book Beginnings on Friday! I am now a follower here, on google+, and on twitter.

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  5. That sets the stage for any thing that follows. Here is my Post: Book Beginning at Mixed Book Bag

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