Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to
My Teaser this week is from Spilt Milk by Amanda Hodgkinson
Blurb
1913. Unmarried sisters Nellie and Vivian Marsh live an impoverished existence in a tiny cottage on the banks of the Little River in Suffolk. Their life is quiet and predictable, until a sudden flood throws up a strange fish on their doorstep and a travelling man who will change them forever.
1939. Eighteen year old Birdie Farr is working as a barmaid in the family pub in London. When she realises she is pregnant she turns to her mother Nellie, who asks her sister to arrange an adoption for Birdie’s new born daughter. But as the years pass Birdie discovers she cannot escape the Marsh sisters’ shadowy past – and her own troubling obsession with finding her lost daughter will have deep consequences for all of them… Goodreads
My Teaser
Rose loved stories closer to home. Reports of vagrants stealing food from honest tables, their knapsacks bulging with other people’s belongings. The local gazette was her preferred reading It was full of dreadful stories that made them lock their door at night and fear the sounds of the isolated house.
Very interesting title, I’m tempted to read it for that alone, but I like where I think the story is going; ie. the storyline. Very interesting, nice teaser!
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It covers lots of ground and Amanda Hodgkinson but the story flows really well.
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My teaser tuesday. 🙂 —> http://bibliopearl.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/teaser-tuesday-2-july-8-2014/
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Thanks for the link 🙂
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I remember reading a Judge Dredd cartoon strip in a paper once, He was chasing this “perp” called Milton Spilk. His wife kept telling him to stop, but he pulled a gun on Dredd, so Dredd shot him. His wife went over to his body and was sobbing when Dredd came over and said “He was a perp, he pulled a gun on me, I had no choice.
There’s no point in crying over Milt Spilk”
Your book title made me think of that 😀 Have a good week Cleo.
Here’s mine
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Thanks Al, sounds like a good cartoon strip as you’ve remembered the play on words. Thanks for sharing your link.
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It’s one of those that stuck. I read it about 20 years ago, maybe more 🙂 Amazing the things we can recall from so long ago, but we can’t remember where our keys or mobile phone are hehe
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😆
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I am going to add this to my TBR list as well as it looks suspenseful.
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I’m certainly intrigued by that teaser. I will check it out.
Here’s mine http://www.lovebitessilkties.co.uk/2014/07/teasertuesday-opening-paragraph-taken.html
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Thanks for sharing your link with me 🙂
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Interesting. I like the premise too.
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I do love books full of secrets and there were plenty in this book.
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Cleo – This does sound like an interesting read. I like the past/present connection as a premise, too.
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The author linked the two stories really well and I am always drawn by hidden secrets.
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That’s an awesome teaser, Cleo, and I think the blurb is enticing, too.
Thanks for stopping by earlier. Happy reading.
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Thank you! I enjoyed it 🙂
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Very interesting teaser. Sounds like a good read. Here is my TT http://cynthiastacey.com/2014/07/08/teaser-tuesday-july-8/
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Thank you 🙂
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Sounds like a strange girl…
http://cupandchaucer.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/teaser-tuesday-july-08/
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Yes a sad way to live. Thanks for sharing your teaser with me.
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The gazette sounds like some interesting reading.
Here is my TT:
http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2014/07/teaser-tuesday-uncertain-times.html
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I wonder whether the author decided to tell the two stories at the same time or the past first and the present later! I do really like the teaser although I wonder who Rose is! Thanks for sharing 🙂
My Tuesday Intro
Juli @ Universe in Words
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The stories are linked and told in chronological order with the secrets from the past impacting on the future…. Thank you for visiting me 🙂
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The blurb intrigues me. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!
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Thank you Laurel 🙂
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Sounds like a good one! Thanks for coming by my Teaser Tuesday today too!
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Thanks, I enjoyed a good family saga for a change 🙂
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Ha! I was going to say it wasn’t as dark as I’m used to from you 🙂
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I’d like to know how the title of the book connects with the story. Stories close to home are my favorite too though, most are painful ones. Thanks for sharing!
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To be honest I’m not entirely sure of the link (and I’ve finished this now) although I think it may be linked to the rural superstitions that the sisters live by. Thanks for the visit 🙂
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I figured that too 🙂
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The time frame and setting both appeal to me, as does the story line. I’ll read this one!
My Teaser is from RYELEE’S COWBOY.
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It is a lovely setting and the author does a great job with bringing it to life. Thanks for visiting me and leaving your link.
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This sounds like it might be similar to some of Catherine Cookson’s books and I’m a big fan of her work.
Mine is one of Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy mysteries. http://wp.me/pZnGI-9f
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If you like Catherine Cookson, I think you’ll enjoy this one as it covers the same type of issues. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your link 🙂
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That’s what I was thinking. You may have put me onto a “new” author. Thanks!
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Nice teaser, but the blurb makes me think this isn’t really up my alley.
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Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak Carol 🙂
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Nothing like scaring yourselves with the local news, lol. Nice teaser and an interesting title. Mine: Daring to Dream
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… and we still do it today! Thank you for sharing your link 🙂
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Intriguing teaser. It sounds like a great story and I already love Rose’s character. My teaser is from The Ghostly Girl http://goo.gl/uEk2ET
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Thank you for sharing your link. I really enjoyed it, those girls certainly knew hardship!
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This sounds like a very dramatic read (from the blurb), but I like the more lighthearted teaser and the description of Rosie. Great choice! Here are my Teasers!
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The author has written this so that the pace is kept quite fast but still manages to evoke the time and place really well.
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Well this sounds delightful! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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I love historical pieces, I will have to check this out!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
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I enjoyed this one, it has an authentic feel to it and enough secrets to keep me turning the pages.
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I love the title. I’m interested to see where this story goes. Thanks for sharing Here’s my Teaser
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Thank you for sharing your link 🙂
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You had me at tiny cottage. I would definitely read on. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.
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🙂 I’m not sure the tiny cottage was much fun in the winter…
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sounds interesting. The cover is also so beautiful. Happy reading!
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This book sounds really interesting. I’ll have to pick it up myself sometime.
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