“By the time you read this, I hope to be dead.
You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud. You’ll think about me and wish that you had been able to talk me out of this. You’ll try to figure out what would have been the one right thing to say, to do. I guess I should tell you, Don’t blame yourself; this isn’t your fault, but that would be a lie. We both know that I didn’t get here by myself.”
From ‘Nineteen Minutes’ by Jodi Picoult

Read the first paragraph of VANISHING ACTS and my book review of VANISHING ACTS , also by Jodi Picoult.

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘Sacred Hearts’ by Sarah Dunant
‘The L-Shaped Room’ By Lynn Reid Banks
‘Bel Canto’ by Ann Patchett

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