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Friday, January 4, 2019

Friday Quotes: Beartown

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City Reader. Share the opening quote from the book.
The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice.  Find a quote from page 56.

This is the book I'm reading right now---
Title: Beartown by Fredrik Backman

 Book Beginnings:
"Late one evening, toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead, and pulled the trigger. This is the story of how we got there."
Friday 56:
"You can't look a gravestone in the eye and ask for forgiveness."
Comments: I just started the book yesterday so I haven't even gotten to page 56 yet. I think the first line is very compelling. It and the book blurb, "Under a heavy burden, the semifinal match becomes a catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil", have prepared me for a heavy reading assignment. When I selected it, I expected something more like A Man Called Ove., which seems like much lighter fare.

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