Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday hosted at Reading is my Super Power! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m delighted to feature Freedom’s Song by Kim Vogel Sawyer. I haven’t read one of her books for some months and this one is from 2021. I need a catch up.
Pub Date Oct 19 2021
ABOUT THE BOOK
Her voice made her a riverboat’s darling—and its prisoner. Now she’s singing her way to freedom in this powerful novel from the bestselling author of The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow.
“[An] enjoyable faith-filled adventure . . . Sawyer’s episodic narrative and rich assortment of characters fighting for freedom provide the story with many twists and unexpected side-plots.”—Publishers Weekly
Indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. All she wants is to live a quiet, humble life with her family as soon as her seven-year contract is over. So when she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her, she seizes a sudden opportunity to escape—an impulse that leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. . . .
Widower Walter Kuhn is overwhelmed by his responsibilities to his farm and young daughter, and now his mail-order bride hasn’t arrived. Could a beautiful stranger seeking work be the answer to his prayers? . . .
After the star performer of the River Peacock is presumed drowned, Sloan Kirkpatrick, the riverboat’s captain, sets off to find her replacement. However, his journey will bring him face to face with his own past—and a deeper understanding of what it truly means to be free. . . .
Uplifting, inspiring, and grounded in biblical truth, Freedom’s Song is a story for every reader who has longed for physical, emotional, or spiritual delivery.
FIRST LINE(S)
On the Mississippi River, near Monticello, Missouri Mid-April ,1860
Fanny Beck
Thunderous applause, Cries of “Encore, encore! ” Fanny Beck bowed her head in humble acknowledgement and gratitude.
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I posted this on the host site Reading is my Superpower, because I was waiting to leave on my trip so, I don’t remember if posted it here or even made a post! So, here goes: First lines from “The Chosen Book One I Have Called You By Name” by Jerry B. Jenkins:
Isaiah 43:1
Part 1 The Shepherd
”When Augustus Caesar became emperor of Rome, Judea was a Roman province. For 400 years the prophets of Israel had been silent. Priests read the Scriptures aloud in synagogues while Roman officers patrolled the streets, heavily taxing the Hebrews. The prophecies whispered of a coming Messiah who would save God’s people.”
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Thank you for stopping in. I hope you enjoy your great book.
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That seems like a good book. As for me I am reading Green Earth by Kim Stanley Robison a 1050+ pages cli-fi (climate science fiction) tome. The first line (skipping the introduction) in that book is “The Earth is bathed in a flood of sunlight. A fierce inundation of photons – on average, 342 joules per second per square meter.”
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