"Your father picks you up from prison in a stolen Dodge Neon, with an 8-ball of coke in the glove compartment and a hooker named Mandy in the back seat."--the famous first sentence from the short story "Until Gwen" by Dennis Lehane
This is a powerful story, even more powerful when you hear it. Try the audio version. You'll be holding your breath at the end, not realizing that you've forgotten to take in air. The writing is just that delicious.
About Me
- Ms. First Line
- First lines. You find them everywhere: in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, movies, plays, songs, in the voices of people you know well, and those you don’t. In this blog, you’ll find a compilation of captivating lines, sentences, random thoughts, and quotes from every part of life. Some of these lines will lead to other observations, which I’ll elaborate on through small, eruptive tantrums or tangled, poetic musings; it all depends on what I read, what I imagine, what I hear, what comes to life. So be careful what you say out there, distant followers. You never know. I could be listening to you.