Hi Everyone! It’s First Line Friday, so grab a book near you and share your first line in the comments below!
Today I’m sharing the first line from a book I will be reviewing on Monday, Together Forever by Jody Hedlund.
Here is the first line:
NEW YORK CITY
June 1858
Marianne Neumann’s fingers were shaking so hard she could barely pry open the first record book.
Marianne Neumann has one goal in life: to find her lost younger sister, Sophie. When Marianne takes a job as a placing agent with the Children’s Aid Society in 1858 New York, she not only hopes to give children a better life but seeks to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train.
Andrew Brady, her fellow agent on her first placing trip, is a former schoolteacher who has an easy way with the children–firm but tender and funny. Underneath his handsome charm, though, seems to linger a grief that won’t go away–and a secret from his past that he keeps hidden. As the two team up placing orphans amid small railroad towns in Illinois, they find themselves growing ever closer . . . until a shocking tragedy threatens to upend all their work and change one of their lives forever.
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I love reading Jody Hedlund books and this one is another favorite! <3
Yes, there is no doubt Hedlund is a talented author. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Jody Hedlund is a wonderful Christian writer and this book looks like a wonderful read.
Marion
It is and I am looking forward to the next book! 🙂 Thank you for commenting.