Welcome to a special edition (at least for me) of Book Beginnings hosted by Rose City Reader. A couple of weeks ago, I won a copy of “Cleans Up Nicely” by Linda Dahl to review and I also got the opportunity to give away two other copies for review. So listen up, my dear readers especially my fellow Book Beginnings peeps: if you have the opportunity to read and publicly review this book, leave a comment below by next Tuesday at 6:00pm Central Daylight Time and I will announce the winners next Thursday.
Here are the first lines:
“Her destination, that summer of 1977, is a luxury apartment building, upper Fifth Avenue, a slice of New York life completely alien to her.”
Even though this a pretty descriptive first line, it leaves many things unanswered. Don’t worry though, questions are answered and much more. This book tells the story of a “starving artist”, sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally, trying to make it in New York City during the 1970s. I enjoyed the story and the characters, but I wonder, if this fiction is even close to the reality of the time, how these people survived. I am surprised they all didn’t die from liver failure as much partying as they did.
If you are looking for a book that has interesting characters and a story that flows along quite entertainingly, give this book a try.
Picture Perfect Cooking 