First Line Friday . . . Featuring The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner

 

Happy Friday! Now, that I am finally feeling better I'm determined to get back into the swing of blogging regularly; and since I received this beauty in the mail yesterday I thought it would be a perfect First Line Friday book. 

There is a giveaway going on on Goodreads you can enter it HERE.

About the book:

It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys--she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

When Bertha's father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committee, life comes crashing down on them. Disgraced and shunned, the Hardings move to a small town to start over where the only one who knows them is shy Uncle Matthew. But dreams are hard to kill, and when Bertha gets a chance to try out for the Workington Sweet Peas, she packs her bags for an adventure she'll never forget.


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FIRST LINE

Bertha

Early March, 1952

According to Mrs. Higginbottom--home economics teacher at Bonaventure Park High School---there were certain skills that the average girl needed to master in order to secure for herself a good husband, live in a nice home, raise clean-cut children, and serve her country. 

Sounds like 1952, huh?

It's Friday and that means it's time for first lines. What are your first lines? 

Grab the book closest to you and leave your first line in the comments.