“In those days in the early Sixties we were not women yet but girls. This was, without irony, perceived as our advantage.”
From ‘I’ll Take You There’ by Joyce Carol Oates

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘A Farewell to Arms’ by Ernest Hemingway 
‘Tipping the Velvet’ by Sarah Waters 
‘The Collector’ by John Fowles 

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