First Line Friday #77-Dear Henry, Love Edith

Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!!  I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link). This week I am reading Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer.

Henry grimaced, not sure which irritated him more-the persistent ache in his knee or the relentless voice in his ear. 

Book Beginnings:

Henry grimaced, not sure which irritated him more-the persistent ache in his knee or the relentless voice in his ear. 

"Please, Uncle Henry. She has nowhere else to stay."

The voice. Definitely the voice. "Last time I checked, there were these things called hotels." Henry adjusted the phone against his ear as he raised the dishwasher door with his cane and shoved it shut.

 Synopsis (Goodreads):

After a short and difficult marriage, recently widowed Edith Sherman has learned her lesson. Forget love. Forget marriage. She plans to fill her thirties with adventure. As she awaits the final paperwork for a humanitarian trip to South Africa, she accepts a short-term nursing position in a small Midwestern town. The last thing she needs is a handsome local catching her eye. How inconvenient is that?

Henry Hobbes isn't exactly thrilled to have Edith, who he assumes is an elderly widow, dumped on him as a houseguest for the summer. But he'd do almost anything for his niece, who is practically like a sister to him given how close they are in age. Especially since Edith will be working nights and Henry works most days. When he and Edith keep missing each other in person, they begin exchanging notes--short messages at first, then longer letters, sharing increasingly personal parts of their lives.

By the time Henry realizes his mistake--that Edith is actually the brown-eyed beauty he keeps bumping into around town--their hearts are so intertwined he hopes they never unravel. But with her departure date rapidly approaching, and Henry's roots firmly planted at home, Edith must ultimately decide if the adventure of her dreams is the one right in front of her.

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