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First Line Friday

First Line Friday #401 | The Lines Between Us by Amy Lynn Green

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m quoting from The Lines Between Us by Amy Lynn Green, which shares the story of conscientious objectors in the USA during World War II, and their essential contribution as smokejumpers in the Pacific Northwest.

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Seems to me that if you have to ring in another year of war, you may as well do it parachuting into a wildfire.

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

 

About The Lines Between Us

The Lines Between Us by Amy Lynn GreenA WWII novel of courage and conviction, based on the true experience of the men who fought fires as conscientious objectors and the women who fought prejudice to serve in the Women’s Army Corps.
Since the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gordon Hooper and his buddy Jack Armitage have stuck to their values as conscientious objectors. Much to their families’ and country’s chagrin, they volunteer as smokejumpers rather than enlisting, parachuting into and extinguishing raging wildfires in Oregon. But the number of winter blazes they’re called to seems suspiciously high, and when an accident leaves Jack badly injured, Gordon realizes the facts don’t add up.
A member of the Women’s Army Corps, Dorie Armitage has long been ashamed of her brother’s pacifism, but she’s shocked by news of his accident. Determined to find out why he was harmed, she arrives at the national forest under the guise of conducting an army report . . . and finds herself forced to work with Gordon. He believes it’s wrong to lie; she’s willing to do whatever it takes for justice to be done.
As they search for clues, Gordon and Dorie must wrestle with their convictions about war and peace and decide what to do with the troubling secrets they discover.

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