Teaser Tuesdays: The Crying Tree

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog

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!

I’m just about finished with Naseem Rakha’s debut novel The Crying Tree, so I thought I’d share these lines, from which the book takes its title. From page 37:

At the grave she reached for her daughter, but the girl broke free and took off for the tree. It was a scraggly-looking thing, with a thick trunk and wizened branches holding fanlike tassels of green. A few minutes later, Bliss was back with a small handful of yellow, sap-filled pearls.

“They look like tears,” she said, showing them to her aunt carol and then her mother. “Like the tree’s crying.”

Click here to learn more about the book and read an excerpt.

What are you reading this week?

Filed under: Memes | Tagged: books, naseem rakha, reading, teaser tuesdays, the crying tree

15 Responses

MARIE BURTON, on July 14th, 2009 at 9:16 am Said:

Seems like a good book, I like the prose so far.
My teaser is up at The Burton Review.
Happy Teaser Day!

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Teddyree, on July 14th, 2009 at 9:21 am Said:

That’s a very moving teaser ~ thanks for sharing!

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Zia, on July 14th, 2009 at 9:26 am Said:

Wow powerful teaser!

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Pam, on July 14th, 2009 at 9:44 am Said:

I like the prose style. I’m about to look this up. thanks for the teaser!

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Mary, on July 14th, 2009 at 10:08 am Said:

It is rather sad.

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stacybuckeye, on July 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am Said:

Bittersweet.

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Michael, on July 14th, 2009 at 10:42 am Said:

Teaser did its job – I’ll keep an eye out for this novel at the library.

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Nise', on July 14th, 2009 at 10:44 am Said:

Beautiful teaser.

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Margot, on July 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am Said:

I certainly can see the picture painted by these few sentences. Very beautiful.

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Bellezza, on July 14th, 2009 at 12:32 pm Said:

Wow, what a description of sorrow. Sometimes, it’s good to read one of this, especially when one needs a bit of commiseration.

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Jo-Jo, on July 14th, 2009 at 2:52 pm Said:

Oh that just sounds so emotional to me. I’ve been hearing such good things about this book. Thanks for the teaser…mine is here:
http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2009/07/teaser-tuesday-july-14.html

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Karoline, on July 14th, 2009 at 5:21 pm Said:

that does sound very melancholy…but it’s nice sounding I think. It looks like one of those books that require deep thinking.

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Phyl, on July 14th, 2009 at 7:13 pm Said:

You weren’t kidding — that really is sad. Great teaser, even if it’s sorrowful.

Meanwhile, my own teaser is at Bookishgal.

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Staci, on July 14th, 2009 at 9:30 pm Said:

Great teaser! I have this book to read soon!!!

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diane, on July 14th, 2009 at 10:28 pm Said:

This one looks so good; can’t wait to read your review.

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