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A sense of freedom
We all say we’re seeking this
Until we’re set free
That’s when the panic sets in
It’s as though we don’t belong
©2019 Annette Rochelle Aben
TUESDAY TEASER
Friday’s (May 17) post on “Friday First Liners” here included the first line of Wendy Mills’ All We Have Left. Today, since I just finished the book, instead of writing a “tease” from where I am reading, my Tuesday Teaser will be excerpts from the back cover of the paperback YA novel.
” A haunting and heart-wrenching story of two girls, two time periods, and the one event that changed their lives–and the world forever.”
Jesse, aged 16, searching out the truth about how her older brother died during the 2001 World Trade Center attacks is one thread/story.
The other thread, set in 2001, the era of the attack, brings Alia, a sixteen-year-old Muslim, who is a typical American teenager in every sense of the word, dealing with strict parents, demanding school assignments, complex relationships with friends, especially boys, and who is the girl caught in the flames mentioned in…
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gloaming
Catch
The light
Of sunset
Silhouetting trees
Causing leaves to sparkle
Firing rainbow beams about
Day lilies prepare for sleep
Blue sky realizing its fate
Lets go of clouds in favor of stars
Dreamers everywhere prepare petitions
©2019 Annette Rochelle Aben
The pun also rises — fun with food edition
THE 2019 AUDIOBOOKS CHALLENGE
This challenge was issued by the bloggers at Hot Listens and The Caffeinated Reviewer. I became aware of it on Carla Loves to Read, who posted that she was participating. Recently, I finished The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce. This author also wrote The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a book I loved so much I recommended it to our Third Tuesday book club.
The Music Shop is set in 1988 London, and it was fun comparing the culture and situations to “my” 1988, here across the pond. One thing is for sure, human nature and the complexities in relationships are universal and timeless!
Frank, the shop’s owner, a burly, bearded, bear of a man, has a “gift” for “prescribing” (my term) just the right piece/selection of music someone needs; sometimes not what the customer thinks he wants. Because Frank has lost his first wife, he is terrified of real closeness/connectedness. When Elsa…
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