“When Margery was ten, she fell in love with a beetle.”
From ‘Miss Benson’s Beetle’ by Rachel Joyce
Click the title to read my review of MISS BENSON’S BEETLE.
Here’s the #FirstPara of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, also by Rachel Joyce.
And read my reviews of these other books by Rachel Joyce:-
MAUREEN FRY AND THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH
PERFECT
THE LOVE SONG OF MISS QUEENIE HENNESSY
Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘The Slaves of Solitude’ by Patrick Hamilton
‘Queen Camilla’ by Sue Townsend
‘The Secret Agent’ by Joseph Conrad
And if you’d like to tweet a link to THIS post, here’s my suggested tweet:
#FirstPara MISS BENSON’S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce #books #amreading https://wp.me/p2ZHJe-7gx via @SandraDanby

What an intriguing opening line.
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