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FIRST LINES ®
First Lines
Our monthly look at some of the best
first lines from titles by BookLife
authors
We kick off 2018 with atheist children and
funerals for the living. To submit a first line to
BookLife, email booklifeeditor@booklife.com.
How the Vortex Changed My Life
PAMELA K. KINNEY
“Some days, a girl just can’t get a
break.”
Void If Detached
SARAH BOWEN
“If cobblers’ kids have no shoes, then
do preachers’ kids have no religion?”
The Inventress
MARY VICTORIA JOHNSON
“It’s odd, attending the funeral of
someone who is still alive.”
The Little Green Wagon
M.D. CARTER
“While caught in Death’s grip, the
human mind begins to change.”
Be Still the Water
KAREN EMILSON
“I have watched old people die, and
young ones, too. Most endings are the
same so I’d be foolish to expect my
passing will be much different.”
The Korean Word for Butterfly
JAMIE ZERNDT
“Joe and I were complete frauds.”
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