Happy Friday, and welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books. I had the very great pleasure of reading Amy Lynn Green’s debut novel Things We Didn’t Say this week. It’s an intelligent, witty, insightful, and thought-provoking epistolary novel (meaning it’s told though letters), and I strongly encourage you to pick it up! You can read my full review here.
About the Book
Johanna arrives to find the once-sleepy town exploding with hostility. Most patriotic citizens want nothing to do with German soldiers laboring in their fields, and they’re not afraid to criticize those who work at the camp as well. When Johanna describes the trouble to her friend Peter Ito, a language instructor at a school for military intelligence officers, he encourages her to give the town that rejected her a second chance.
As Johanna interacts with the men of the camp and censors their letters home, she begins to see the prisoners in a more sympathetic light. But advocating for better treatment makes her enemies in the community, especially when charismatic German spokesman Stefan Werner begins to show interest in Johanna and her work. The longer Johanna wages her home-front battle, the more the lines between compassion and treason become blurred–and it’s no longer clear whom she can trust.
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. 🙂
Green’s book is on my TBR shelf. I chose The Key to Love by Betsy St. Amant this week.
I’m looking forward to reading this one! I shared the first line from Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott: “What was it about men and danger? Did they all want to die?”
Happy Friday!
“She was dying, and it was his fault.”
Night Fall by Susan Sleeman
Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂❤📚
Really want to read Amy’s book!
My first line this week is from Grave Christmas Secrets by Sharee Stover:
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Forensic anthropologist Taya McGill disagreed with Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote,
Happy Friday! My first line is from “One Christmas Wish” by Marion Ueckermann:
“Bye, Delaney. See you next week for another of your delicious cheesecakes.”
Happy Friday!!
Over on my blog I am sharing the first line from So This is Love by Laura Hile
“The news would spread like wildfire, and why not?”
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/11/first-line-friday-so-this-is-love.html
Have a lovely weekend!