The book this week is She Rises by Kate Worsley, comes from my TBR shelves. I got interested in the summary on the back cover. Does not mean I have read it yet! But getting inspired by the beginning and page 56, I might start it soon.
"Louise Fletcher, a young dairymaid on an eighteenth-century Essex farm, has long been warned of the lure of the sea - after all, it stole away her father and brother. But when she is offered work as a maid in the naval port of Harwich, she leaps at the chance to see more of the world.
Fifteen-year-old Luke has been press-ganged into His Majesty's Navy and sent to sea. Aching for the girl he has left behind, he must learn fast if he is to survive. Louise's and Luke's new worlds are dangerous and exciting, but when they collide the consequences are astonishing. "
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"It's the singing that wakes him. He does not move, he cannot move, there's a body pressed heavy against his left side. He won't be opening his eyes neither, his head hurts so."
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"The pen scratches.
'Sir, please, forgive me, sir, you are mistaken -'
De Clare pauses. 'Mistaken? I think not.' He raises his voice: 'Luke Fletcher, welcome to the Essex.'The boy takes a gasping breath. The moment, this was the moment, and it is gone. And over and over for years to come, he will ask himself: shy did I not tell the truth?"
Based on the cover, sadly, I wouldn't pick it up. But based on those snippets, I would. :-) Have a great week ahead!
ReplyDeleteWell, the cover is not that bad, and I sort of think it is at least connected to the story. I am about one third through, and I am not overjoyed. Let's see when I readh the end!
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