It’s Friday, which means it’s time to open the book nearest you and share the first line.
Today I’m sharing from Where We Belong by Lynn Austin
Rebecca Hawes lay awake in her tent, convinced that the howling wind was about to lift her entire camp into the air and hurl it to the far side of the desert.
This story is amazing. It’s set in 1890, in the US and in St Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai, and it’s based on the real-life adventures of two Scottish sisters. I’m a history fan, and I loved it from the first line to the last. (I don’t think I stopped in between). Even better, a recent article from the Smithsonian shows new manuscripts are still being discovered at St Catherine’s:
Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries
Isn’t that cool?
About Where We Belong:
The Adventure of a Lifetime for Two Indomitable Socialite Sisters
In the city of Chicago in 1892, the rules for Victorian women are strict, their roles limited. But sisters Rebecca and Flora Hawes are not typical Victorian ladies. Their love of adventure and their desire to use their God-given talents has brought them to the Sinai Desert–and into a sandstorm.
Accompanied by Soren Petersen, their somber young butler, and Kate Rafferty, a street urchin who is learning to be their ladies’ maid, the two women are on a quest to find an important biblical manuscript. As the journey becomes more dangerous and uncertain, the four travelers sift through memories of their past, recalling the events that shaped them and the circumstances that brought them to this time and place.
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I am featuring An Inconvenient Beauty on the blog today, but the first line of the book closest to me is from Melanie D. Snitker’s Finding Forever in Romance. “A blurry mass of fur raced past Brent toward the main building of the Finding Forever Animal Rescue.”
That sounds like fun!
Great first line. Definitely on my TBR. 🙂
I’m sharing about “Witness Protection” by Carol Kinsey on the blog today, but I’m going to share the first line from the book I’m currently reading here.
“All of the stories have been written, including mine.”
Lu. by Beth Troy
I loved Lu! I have a review coming in a couple of weeks. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year – I hope you enjoy it!
Hi Iola!
Isn’t that a fascinating read??
Here’s the first line of the book currently closest to me – “Someone had left the front door open.” – Portrait of Vengeance by Carrie Stuart Parks
Yes, Where We Belong was wonderful! Portrait of Vengeance was excellent as well. Gwen Marcey is a great character, and I loved the way this book showed us an insight into her past.
Every book by Lynn Austin I have read has been wonderful. 🙂 Happy Saturday Iola!
Too true! You have a great weekend as well.
I’m currently reading An Inconvenient Beauty by Kristi Ann Hunter, and that’s the book I’m doing on my FLF post today, so here I will post the first line from the novel I’m reading next. The next book on my schedule is Rancher to the Rescue by Barbara Phinney.
Proud Bend, Colorado, April, 1883
“Did I read that right?” Clare Walsh peered up from her chair at the Recording Office in Proud Bend, Colorado. She blinked rapidly. “My parents are gone?”
I want to read this one so bad!!
As you noticed on my blog I dig non-fiction, so thank you for posting the link to the article you mentioned!