Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. Many of my international friends and readers have heard about the bushfires that have been devastating Australia over the last weeks and months. While I have not been in danger personally, I have friends and family who have had to be on constant alert or even evacuated, and it has been heartbreaking to see reports of the loss and suffering in other beloved parts of our country. As a family, we have made the twelve-hour drive to Melbourne from our home north of Sydney many times, and so many of the small towns and rural landscapes we enjoy visiting along the way have been severely impacted by the fires.