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Tag: WOL
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Weekly Opening Lines – Mar 1st
From Simpatía, by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón: “On the day his wife left the country, Ulises Kan decided to get himself a dog.”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 22nd
From House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng: “A story, like a bird of the mountain, can carry a name beyond even time itself. Willie Maugham said that to me…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 15th
From Daughters of the Deer, by Danielle Daniel: “Panicked cries pierce me like quills. I huddle inside the church with the other women…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 8th
From Where There Was Fire, by John Manuel Arias: “Some still talk about how hot that night was. Old women wisper it over coffee…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 1st
From The Poppy War, by R. F. Kuang: ““Take your clothes off.” Rin blinked. “What?”…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 25th
From Daughter of the Fortune, by Isabel Allende: “Everyone is born with some special talent, and Eliza Sommers…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 18th
From Galatea, by Madeline Miller: “It was almost sweet the way they worried about me…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 11th
From Broken April, by Ismail Kadare: “His feet were cold, and each time he moved his numbed legs…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 4th
From The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood: “We slept in what had once been the gymnasium”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 28th
From Dominicana, by Angie Cruz: “The first time Juan Ruiz proposes, I’m 11 years old..”
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