BOOKISH FRIDAY: “NIGHT OF MIRACLES”

Welcome to another Bookish Friday, in which I  share excerpts from books…and connect with other bloggers, who do the same.

Let’s begin the celebration by sharing Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and let’s showcase The Friday 56 with Freda’s Voice.

To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.

Then give us the title of the book, so others can add it to their lists!

What a great way to spend a Friday!

Today’s feature is Night of Miracles, by Elizabeth Berg,  a delightful novel of friendship, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change your life, by the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv.

 

 

 

Beginning:  Surely you’ve had this happen.  You are seated by choice or misfortune in a window seat on an airplane.  You look out as the plane takes off, rises up higher and higher, levels off.  If you chance to glance down, you see a particular kind of order not realized on earth.  You might feel a kind of hopefulness at the sight of houses clustered together in their various neighborhoods, at roads running straight or artfully curved, at what look like toy cars.

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Friday 56:  “You mustn’t indulge in such things, Lucille.  And you must not speak of them to others.” 

Now Lucille rises slowly out of her chair to look over the half-curtain into the backyard.  Nothing.

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Synopsis:  Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she’s hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn’t know how to bake but she needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets.

When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, Lucille begins to look out for Lincoln, their son. Lincoln’s parents aren’t the only ones in town facing hard choices and uncertain futures. In these difficult times, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of community—just when they need it the most.

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What do you think?  Do the excerpts and blurb grab you?  Would you keep reading?

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