This was more challenging than I thought. I asked a reader of my novel to give me some passages that were her favorites. She gave me nine pages..... Now asking the author to choose her favorite is akin to asking a mother to chose her favorite child - actually that might be less challenging for some mothers.
In keeping with the animal theme of the passage I chose from the first book, this one mentions creatures of the sea. Rachel, one of the characters, the matriarch to be exact, narrates this scene in chapter Six of Lucia M of Singapore.
"........we crossed the causeway to Lido Beach in Johor where there were so many starfish. It was our favorite place to have chilli crabs. On one of the trips, we brought Lucia, who collected all the starfish she could find and left them in a pile by the beach. After we had lunch at the beach side restaurant, she returned to pick up her starfish but could not find them. Raul told her that the tide had come in and washed them away."
Next post, we will have a scene about school bullies and Lucia in her words.
PC Nicholas
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