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Friday, January 3, 2014
First Lines...
"We have three souls, or so I'd be told.
But only in death could I confirm this.
The moment the priest spoke the last prayer and sealed my coffin, I awake and floated upward in a slow drift of incense smoke, until I could travel no farther.."
…… Three Souls by Janie Chang
(pub. date March 2014)
Labels: book musings
Fiction,
First Lines,
Three souls by Janie Chang,
William Morrow
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2 comments:
I'd read this book, just because of the first lines...
Harvee
Book Dilettante
Those first lines sealed it for me too! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
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