Happy Friday, and welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books. I just finished reading FRAGMENTS OF LIGHT by Michéle Phoenix, and I loved it so much I had to share the first line with you today. It released back in July when I was neck deep in moving boxes, but better late than never, right? You can check out my review here.
About the Book
Ripples that cascade seventy-five years into the present.
And two lives transformed by the tenuous resolve to reach out of the darkness toward fragments of light.
Cancer stole everything from Ceelie—her peace of mind, her selfimage, perhaps even her twenty-three-year marriage to her college sweetheart, Nate. Without the support of Darlene, her quirky elderly friend, she may not have been able to endure so much loss.
So when Darlene’s own prognosis turns dire, Ceelie can’t refuse her seemingly impossible request—to find a WWII paratrooper named Cal, the father who disappeared when Darlene was an infant, leaving a lifetime of desolation in his wake.
The search that begins in the farmlands of Missouri eventually leads Ceelie to a small town in Normandy, where she uncovers the harrowing tale of the hero who dropped off-target into occupied France.
Alternating between Cal’s D-Day rescue by two French sisters and Ceelie’s present-day journey through trial and heartbreak, Fragments of Light explores a timeless question: When life becomes unbearable, will you surrender to the darkness or dare to press toward a lingering light?
First Line
I’d love it if you’d share the first line of whatever you’re currently reading in the comments. And don’t forget, you can find out what other bloggers are sharing for First Line Friday by going over to Hoarding Books blog and finding all the links. If you’ve got your own blog, why not join in and add your link over there. 🙂
Happy Friday!!
“I have a bad feeling about this, Father.” Meredoch felt a scowl contorting his face.
My first line comes from the book Succession by Brett Armstrong.
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/10/first-line-friday-succession-by-brett.html
Have a lovely weekend!!
Happy Friday! I’m sharing the first line from The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden over on my blog today. I’m enjoying it very much. Here’s a line from the chapter I’m currently on:
“Elizabeth decided to forebear late-night visitors.”
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂❤📚
Happy Friday! Today, I’m sharing the first line from Almost a Bride by Jody Hedlund. “Hello, beautiful. Will you marry me?”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2020/10/first-line-fridays-almost-bride-by-jody.html
I really enjoyed this one! Have a great weekend! 🙂
I’m sharing the first line of chapter 19 of The Love Note by Joanna Politano:
If I should happen to fall in love, the outcome of such a plight depends, like any big fall, on who is there to catch me.