TUESDAY TEASER

Today’s Tuesday Teaser is from City of Girls.

Elizabeth Gilbert has been known as a writer of non-fiction for some time, but this novel she has written is one I am really enjoying. I am choosing to copy some sentences from the part I am currently reading on page 55. Vivian, a Vassar graduate without “prospects,” is brand new to New York and to the Lily Playhouse, a small theater that provided rooms on the upper floors for struggling actors and models run by her eccentric Aunt Peg.  Celia is the show-stopping chorus girl, jaded and gorgeous, whom Vivian has never seen the likes of and greatly admires. Vivian speaks:

“Well, then, I guess I had a roommate now. (That was fine with me, though. I was just honored that she’d chosen me.) I wanted this strange, exotic moment to last as long as possible, so I dared to make conversation…Celia settled back into the bed, lit a smoke, and told me all about her night.”

Since I will be seeing NYC in all its glory this coming March, I am sure I’m going to enjoy this tale from its past.

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Tuesday Teaser

This meme was originally begun by The Purple Booker.  I discovered it on my blogging friend’s blog, Brainfluff.  Both are worth a look into.

The idea is to select at random a sentence or two that will entice the reader to find out more about the book you are reading and maybe read that book himself/herself.

Today’s Tuesday Teaser is from The Address, a novel about the mysterious stabbing death of the architect of The Dakota, an infamous luxury apartment house in New York City. It comes near the end of the book:

“‘You’re ill, let me help.’ Sara put her arm around the woman, who leaned into her.

‘I feel faint.’

No wonder, returning home to find your husband’s lover hanging about in the children’s nursery.”

It is NOT as it seems at first glance .as you will guess if you know that The woman who almost faints is the architect’s wife, and Sarah is his mistress.