Displaced Beachbums

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) 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!

This teaser is page 221 from Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb.

Leaving aside the sickness I felt at heart, what did it mean? And what did it mean that my real father, week after week, year after year, had stared at me living my life literally fifty feet from his front door until the day of his death, and never once, for my sake, let the mask slip from his face.

I’m half way through the book and, although it’s a bit depressing with stories of loss, infidelity and betrayal, it’s so well written that I keep reading so as to enjoy the beautiful sentence structures and the eloquent way he describes the events happening in his life.

Thankfully, Lisa at Books on the Brain was kind enough to send a light hearted novel:

  as my next book to read. I need to lighten things up as far as reading goes.