Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My teaser comes from the book, Dirty Little Angels
by Chris Tusa

"When I asked Cyrus what it was like, he said it felt more like being drowned than being saved.  Mama was convinced that the water had cleansed his soul, though,  because two days after he was saved, Cyrus went down to Ink Dreams and had a line from Revelation tattoed on his bicep that said....." 
Reading this one on my Sony EReader.



About the book:
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses' lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses' twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

4 comments:

Suko said...

Another great teaser! One of these days, I will have to try this meme. :)

Julie P said...

Great teaser! Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

What an interesting teaser! This book sounds unique and intriguing! I am going to add it to my TBR list. I hope you are enjoying it!

~ Amy
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Anonymous said...

ooooo, you're a master teaser writer!