15 September 2009

Today's Read: Between Me and the River by Carrie Host


I'm forty years old, and I have just heard the words that no one ever wants to hear. I'm in a fog but I make out cancer and surgery and immediately. I have three kids; one isn't even a year old yet. I thought I was still recovering from having given birth. Then I thought my pain was Chron's disease. And then I thought I had an ovarian cyst. And then I heard that word . . .

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I sit in stunned silence on the examining table as the door shuts behind [the doctor]. I get dressed and leave. I am outraged. As plain as that, I am dismissed along with my case and my apparently unimportant results from Mayo Clinic. (pp. 34-35)
—From Between Me and the River by Carrie Host



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18 comments:

  1. Teddyree9/15/09, 8:17 AM

    Fantastic teaser, I'm completely intrigued, sounds like it may be a sad read but it's going on my wishlist.
    Here's my Teaser

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  2. Jennifer9/15/09, 8:20 AM

    Very powerful! I am 40 with 3 kids.....this will be headed to the top of my queue.
    Mine is here: http://rundpinne.blogspot.com/2009/09/footsteps-in-dark-teaser-tuesdays.html

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  3. Violet9/15/09, 9:53 AM

    Great teaser. I have this book in my TBR too and your teaser has made me want to pick it immediately instead of a week later :)

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  4. Wendi9/15/09, 10:26 AM

    Great teaser! As she was dismissed, can we assume that she received some good news?

    Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi

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  5. Sherrie9/15/09, 10:47 AM

    Hi Beth,
    Great teaser. I'll have to add this one to my TBR list. Have a great day!

    Sherrie

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  6. (Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea9/15/09, 10:56 AM

    Beth ...this is a great teaser and looks like a good buck. Unfortunately, so many people I know have been touched by cancer within the last year, that I could not handle it right now...Cancer is my biggest fear :(

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  7. Andrea9/15/09, 11:17 AM

    Whoa, that is not right. I wonder what happens next. Good teaser!
    Here's mine

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  8. Dorte H9/15/09, 11:18 AM

    What a teaser! This is much worse than crime.

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  9. Margot at Joyfully Retired9/15/09, 11:53 AM

    I'm reading this book also. Sometimes it's hard to read but a nicely written true story. I look forward to your thoughts on it.

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  10. Brenda9/15/09, 2:55 PM

    Sounds like a good book! On a side note, I am in love with your header picture!

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  11. Beth F9/15/09, 2:58 PM

    Thanks, Brenda -- me too! I took that photo in Brugge in 2008.

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  12. The Social Frog9/15/09, 5:23 PM

    Wow, this sounds like a book I would read, it sounds like it is filled with a lot of emotion! Great teaser.

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  13. Nise' 9/15/09, 7:20 PM

    Powerful!

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  14. Lisa9/15/09, 7:46 PM

    That sounds very emotional. I've lost a number of friends to cancer and it's never an easy diagnosis to hear. Thanks for posting it.

    My teaser is here.

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  15. Veens9/15/09, 8:20 PM

    I dnt know.. i hate to hear abt cancer :((

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  16. Lisa9/15/09, 9:31 PM

    yikes


    here's mine!

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  17. Julie P.9/17/09, 7:46 AM

    Wow! That's pretty powerful!

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  18. Alice9/18/09, 6:10 AM

    I'll be hosting this author in October so when I saw your post, I'm totally excited. Great teaser!

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