Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just open your current read to a random page and share a few sentences. Be careful not to include spoilers!
Dorothy Canfield’s The Home-Maker was a gift from Thomas of My Porch some months ago, and I have just now gotten around to it – but it’s WONDERFUL! I shouldn’t have waited so long! You get just a snippet today – the review is to come – but let me tell you now, you want to run out and find a copy immediately. Here’s your teaser:
How he loathed his life-long slavery to the clock, that pervasive intimate negative opposed to every spontaneous impulse. “It’s the clock that is the nay-sayer to life,” he thought, as he climbed the cellar stairs.
I love that turn of phrase. He (Lester) fancies himself a poet, you know. If this teaser is a bit depressing, stay with me; this book turns rather hopeful (at least so far, I’m not finished yet, it could still end in tragedy I suppose) and oh so droll.
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That’s a great teaser to the book! And what a great gift from Thomas, I love his blog!
I think everyone feels like that sometimes. Thanks for sharing. If you get a chance, my teaser is here.
Awesome!
This book has been such great fun. Natalie, isn’t he great?
Great choice of teaser!
Here’s my TT:
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xo
I loved this book! Great teaser.
It’s great, isn’t it? I was lucky enough to see the b/w silent film at a Persephone event back in 2005.
Oooh, that is a treat! I wonder if I could find it.