TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
- Grab your current read.
- Let the book fall open to a random page.
- Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Here are my teaser sentences:
For Laura, getting out the door with the girls every morning was like launching a rocket ship. It took a mad push of activity – gathering snacks and sandals and extra pairs of underpants, special teddy bears and piano music and show-and-tell objects (where, oh, where could that pebble from the beach in Maine last summer be?) and jackets, and of course her own keys and phone and wallet and, if possible, cup of coffee. Laura had never been and organized person and this was exaggerated and exposed by motherhood, which seemed to demand an inordinate degree of foresight and planning.
This is the opening of Chapter 4 (p. 22) in Jessica Shattuck’s novel Perfect Life. I’m really enjoying this novel, finding it to be more than a ‘story’ and filled with social commentary on various incarnations of the American Dream. This is Shattuck’s second novel (published in hardcover in 2009, paperback in 2010); a previous novel, The Hazards of Good Breeding was published in 2003/2004.
Have you read either of Shattuck’s novels? Care to share a few teasers from the book you’re currently reading?
Great teaser this week! You can find mine at The Bookish Snob
I have often thought the motherhood required great organizational abilities. That sounds like a terribly hectic way to start a day. I have two teasers this week. My YA teaser is from Anna and the French Kiss and my adult teaser is from The Secret History of the Pink Carnation. I guess I was in a mood for romance. Happy reading!
Great teaser! It does sound like she’s got a lot going on over there!
Oh, I love the way we “see” this overwhelmed mother as she rushes out the door. I can almost FEEL the pressure she’s under. Oh, yeah, been there, done that! LOL
Here’s mine:
http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/teaser-tuesdays-dec-28/
That cup of coffee is probably all that is holding her together! Great teaser. My TT is at Coffee Table Press
Great teaser!
Wakela’s World – Tuesday Teaser
Nice teaser. I’ve felt that way some mornings.
Here is my teaser from Nature’s Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight by Elaine Wilkes (Page 3):
“We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stop. Look. Listen. My kindergarten teacher taught me that. I remember carefully lining up the tips of my patent-leather shoes exactly at the edge of the curb and stopping–then carefully looking to my right and left, quiet and aware, listening for any clues. Feeling that it was safe to proceed, I’d grasp my classmate’s hand, jump off the curb, and happily venture into unknown territories on the other side of the street.
Now I barely glance from side to side as I hurry on my way.
What happened? Where did that wide-open feeling of awareness go? In the rush of adulthood, it seems to vanish, but what would happen if we simply stopped, looked and listened…even as busy adults?
As a learning addict, I’ve hunted for insights through countless books, seminars, experts, masters and more. Eventually, I realized that my kindergarten teacher had it right from the beginning, long before I started my quest. Who knew that she was so profound?
Great teaser, when my kids were little whenever we left the house, all baby/kid gear in tow, I would say to my husband “Remember when leaving the house just meant grabbing a jacket?”. This sounds like a very good read.
I feel like every mother is that mother!
I have problems getting myself out of the door sometimes. This one looks good! xo