Welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books! If you love World War II fiction, you’ll want to check out the book I’m featuring today. I’ve had my eye on it since I found out it was releasing, and I’m finally going to start reading it today! It’s Stephanie Morrill’s Within These Lines, and it releases this coming Tuesday, 5 March 2019.
About the Book
Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family living in San Francisco in 1941 is quiet and ordinary until she falls in love with Taichi Hamasaki, the son of Japanese immigrants. Despite the scandal it would cause and that inter-racial marriage is illegal in California, Evalina and Taichi vow they will find a way to be together. But anti-Japanese feelings erupt across the country after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Taichi and his family are forced to give up their farm and move to a Japanese-American internment camp.
Degrading treatment makes life at Manzanar Relocation Center difficult. Taichi’s only connection to the outside world is treasured letters from Evalina. Feeling that the only action she can take to help Taichi is to speak out against injustice, Evalina becomes increasingly vocal at school and at home. Meanwhile, inside Manzanar, fighting between different Japanese-American factions arises. Taichi begins to doubt he will ever leave the camp alive.
With tensions running high and their freedom on the line, Evalina and Taichi must hold true to their ideals and believe in their love to make a way back to each other against unbelievable odds.
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. 🙂
This looks like a really good read. I love historical fiction.
Definitely a good read. Suitable for teens too, and a great topic for discussion.
Happy Friday!
I’ve shared the first line from The Deceived by Kelly Harrel over on my blog. But, I am currently reading Of Fire and Lions by Mesu Andrews. OH. MY. WORD! Is this book AMAZING!!!! I’m just starting chapter 12, so I will leave the first line from there.
“Babylon’s coolest months were warmer than Jerusalem’s winter, and my small world of friendships was warmer still.”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 😊💜📚
Yes, yes, yes! Isn’t is fabulous!
It’s SO good. I’m almost finished. Daniel is going to the lion’s den.
I remember being enthralled by the story of Daniel in the lion’s den and the men in the fiery furnace when I was much younger and went to Sunday school (it really helped that the couple who led our Sunday school were fantastic story tellers—they really knew how to suck you in!) but reading it in OFAL was something else! Enjoy!
Happy Friday & Happy Weekend! My first line is from “The Curse of Misty Wayfair” by Jaime Jo Wright:
“Melancholy was a condition of the spirit and the soul, but also of the mind.”
Loved this one!
My first line come from Catching the Wind by Melanie Dobson:
“Maple leaves draped over the tree house window, the silvery fronds linked together like rings of chain mail to protect the boy and girl playing inside.”
Happy Reading!
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/03/first-line-fridays-catching-wind-by.html
I want to read this one!
This one looks good!
On my blog this week I shared the first line from Uninvited by Beckie Lindsay but I’m currently reading Vivir el Dream by Allison K Garcia (Yes, it’s written in *mostly* English but anything in Spanish shares the translation). I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (6) here: “Linda grumbled as she changed from her pajamas into jeans and a t-shirt.” Hope you have a great weekend with plenty of quality reading time! 🙂
I’m pretty sure she’s not the only one who grumbles when she’s doing that! Have a great weekend 🙂