First Chapter First Paragraph — The Paris Lawyer
Every Tuesday,
Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the first paragraph of her current read.
Anyone can join in.
Click on the logo to link your post.
I will share here the first paragraph of a book
in the Completed Tours category.

Published by Le French Book, Inc. in 2012
First published in French in 2011
Buying links:
***
One early afternoon, in all other ways like any other afternoon, her mother takes her out in her stroller, soothing her with a laughing mom’s voice. She tells her about the wind that sings and then softens among the branches and the swallows that compete in skill to skim the pond for a few refreshing drops of water before flying off again in perfect circles into the clouds.