Book Beginnings (9) - The Wild Girl - Kate Forsyth

Gilion at Rose City Reader hosts Book Beginnings on Fridays

The idea, as stated on the host's blog, is 'to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.' There's a hash tag #BookBeginnings for twitter etc too, and a master linky list on the host's blog. I've got a couple of books on the go at the moment so I've just picked one out to mention here.

My Book Beginning

The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

Published by Allison & Busby

'"Wild by name and wild by nature," Dortchen's father used to say of her. He did not mean it as a compliment. He thought her headstrong, and so he set himself to tame her.'

I am so excited about reading this book! I read Bitter Greens by this author, earlier this year, and it was a great book, so I have been anticipating this new book with great relish; it sounds wonderful, and the other blog reviews I've read so far have been very positive too. Also, as with Bitter Greens, isn't the cover gorgeous?! I'll be reviewing The Wild Girl on 21st August  here on the blog as part of the book tour.

Here's the synopsis:

The Wild Girl interweaves the true story of Dortchen Wild, the girl who loved Wilhelm Grimm, with the fairytales she told him as they grew up together in war-stricken Germany.

A beautiful and dramatic love story, Dortchen Wild was the source and muse for many of the Grimm Brother’s compelling fairytales such as Rumpelstiltskin and Hansel & Gretel. As Napoleon’s war rages on, the Wild family and the Grimms battle poverty, ill health and the loss of loved ones, bound together by the magical fairytales they created and that still resonate today.