Book Beginnings - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
For Rose City Reader's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading."
One of my books to read during Lent in lieu of watching so many YouTube videos.
Book beginning of In This House of Brede:
The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns.
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