Teaser Tuesday is A Vintage Affair

I LOVE Teaser Tuesday.
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

"You look like a... sunflower," said Sarah, smiling.
"It is lovely on you," I agreed as Katie gazed at herself in the mirror.
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A Vintage Affair
Isabel Wolff


I am really enjoying this novel. I love all the descriptions of the vintage clothes. Isabel Wolff has struck the perfect balance. She writes just enough description so that the image is vivid and real but not so much that it takes over the story. Because, really... it's a good story. I think it would be easy, for a less-talented writer, to allow the descriptions of the vintage Hermes bags or the green silk Pucci dress that Marilyn Monroe was buried in, to overwhelm the story. This is not the case. This book is, most definitely, character-driven. It is told, first person, by Phoebe who is dealing with a personal loss as well as trying to open her vintage clothing store, Village Vintage.

I have, though, an almost palpable sense of dread. Although Phoebe's loss is discussed very early in the novel... not all the details are. I have a feeling I know how things will unfold but I'm not sure. If I'm correct, my sense will be accurate. On that note... the not-quite-primary-yet-not-quite-secondary storyline involving Therese Bell has me feeling the same way. I'm not pinning my hopes on a happy ending but I hope it's not as tragic as I think it will turn out to be.

She is a new-to-me author and this is her eighth novel. I love when I find a new-to-me author and they have a great backlist! Yeah, I know it'll add to my TBR pile but, honestly,who am I kidding... the bigger the pile, the better! Right?!? Right!!!

Here is a great interview with the author, Isabel Wolff, about her novel...



I know I say this, probably, too much... but I carried one of my favorite bags today. It's my white floral print handbag with black patent trim and a "bamboo" zipper toggle.

It was really, really hot today. Okay, so it's nothing like the "really, really hot" most of you live with... because in Colorado, there's NO HUMIDITY. Yes, I can revel in that as I was born and raised in the Midwest and live through my share of freakin' hot and humid summers! Anyway, back to topic... LOL... because it was so hot, almost the record high, we've not been doing a whole lot. Today, though, M and I went to the library. She's discovered the "Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are over twenty books (as well as one movie) in the series that follow Alice from fourth grade through college. M definitely has inherited my love of series novels. She put almost all of them on hold and checked out seven :D Guess where she is right now? On her bed, reading one of them.