By now, death had long since lost its power to shock. Everyone had a story: there were thousands piled up in London’s heart. But ever since the first of the year, Hitler had been playing with London’s nerves. There were three nights of bombing in January, then nothing for a week. Then again, and heavier. Then nothing. One day, then another in March, then nothing long enough for daffodils to appear and grass to start sprouting on the banks along the Thames. The city slid into April on a month of quiet. Then came the bombings of the Wednesday and the Saturday – bombs so bad, Ed Murrow joked, you wore your best clothes to bed in case your closet wasn’t standing in the morning.
-From The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, page 137
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Teaser Tuesdays is a fun weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. I change the rules a little bit to suit my own purposes: I hand pick the teaser, rather than choose one randomly. I also very frequently post more than two sentences. :)
Oooh I want to read this! Looking forward to your review if you do one.
I’m definitely planning on it. Hoping to finish the book soon. It’s wonderful so far.
Hi again! I think there might be an issue with the email notification settings on your blog. Every time someone comments on a post I’ve already commented on I’m getting sent a blank email, no subject and no message inside. I just thought I should let you know. :)
Thank you for letting me know! :)
I think I may have changed a setting that will fix it. Will you please let me know if it keeps happening?
I haven’t recieved any more, so it’s probably fixed. :)
Nice teaser! I liked very much the last line ‘bombs so bad, Ed Murrow joked, you wore your best clothes to bed in case your closet wasn’t standing in the morning.’ I have heard some wonderful things about this book! Looking forward to reading your review :)
I really want to read this one. I’ve been seeing it on many blogs. Our chain bookstore “Indigo” has it as a favourite. Enjoy! I’m looking forward to your review.
An excellent teaser – as were all the ones I’ve seen for this bookk so far. I really need to get my hands on it.