“On the morning of December 15th, 1784, a day of bleak skies heralding snow, a box-cart rattled into Bolt Court and drew up outside Number 8. Three men entered the house and presently emerged carrying a roll of threadbare carpet as though it were a battering ram.”
From ‘According to Queeney’ by Beryl Bainbridge’

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘The L-Shaped Room’ by Lyne Reid-Banks
‘Midnight’s Children’ by Salman Rushdie 
‘Dying in the Wool’ by Frances Brody 

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#Books #FirstPara ACCORDING TO QUEENEY by Beryl Bainbridge https://wp.me/p2ZHJe-8Lw via @SandraDanby