BOOKISH FRIDAY: EXCERPTING “THE HOUSE OF MEMORIES”

Welcome to another Bookish Friday, in which I enjoy sharing excerpts from books…and connecting with other bloggers, who do the same.

Let’s begin the celebration by sharing Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and let’s showcase The Friday 56 with Freda’s Voice.

To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.

Then give us the title of the book, so others can add it to their lists!

What better way to spend a Friday!

Today’s featured book has been relaxing on Pippa for a while, but now I can’t wait to open it:  The House of Memories, by Monica McInerney.

 

 

 

Beginning:  The first time I met my uncle Lucas I tried to steal something from him.  It’s ironic, really, considering what he would ask me to do twenty-six years later.

I was seven, on a visit to London with my mother and my father, Lucas’s younger brother.

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56:  Years later, Charlie told me that he’d thought I was really sad when he first met me.  I said that I thought he was really fat.

“I was fat,” he said.

“I was sad,” I said.

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Blurb:  Months after a tragic accident, Ella O’Hanlon flees to London in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoiled half-sister. Taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, Ella discovers that his extraordinary house holds many wonderful memories for her…and his group of transitory boarders provides a refreshing and welcome emotional tonic. But as Ella settles into a comfortable new role as unofficial cook and housemother, Jess secretly comes to London to pursue her own dreams, precipitating an unexpected family reunion and an exploration of the heart—one famished for love, for healing, and for forgiveness.

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What do you think?  Do these excerpts tempt you to read on?

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