We Begin Our Ascent

by Joe Mungo Reed | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 150116922X Global Overview for this book
Registered by Matty of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 6/3/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by Matty from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He’s a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse, but not yet a star. She’s a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They’ve just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them—if only they can reach out and grab it.

But as Liz’s research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, and the young family is brought ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we’re striving for? And what is it worth?”

Journal Entry 2 by Matty at Crescent Drive Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (6/5/2020 UTC) at Crescent Drive Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I’ll bring this book to our socially distant meetup. If no one takes it, I’ll leave it somewhere for the next reader to find.

Journal Entry 3 by Pooker3 at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Friday, June 5, 2020
This sounded interesting, so I grabbed it. Thanks Matty!

Journal Entry 4 by Pooker3 at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Monday, September 7, 2020
I would have read this in one sitting if I had been able. The author has a style of writing as fluid as the Tour de France appears on TV. This is so even when shifting in time and space. I was not fond of Sol and Liz. I can't imagine making the choices they did but I was fascinated by their circumstances.
I'm also happy to have learned what riders in the pelaton experience. I suspect I would have made a terrible team member. I'm far too competitive and selfish to do that much work for someone else to get all the glory.

Journal Entry 5 by Pooker3 at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Monday, September 7, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (9/7/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

To the finder of this book:
I hope you enjoy your new read.

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Journal Entry 6 by Pooker3 at Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Monday, September 21, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (9/21/2020 UTC) at Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I noticed this book was still in the LFL this morning (or had been returned to it), so I grabbed it to take to our meeting this evening. If no takers, it will still have a home at the LFL while awaiting its next adventure.

To the finder of this book:
I hope you enjoy your new read.

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Journal Entry 7 by Pooker3 at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Sunday, June 13, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (6/13/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I found this book in my house, so have re-released it to the LFL to await one of the myriad of would-be Tour-de-Francers that ride down my street.

To the finder of this book:
I hope you enjoy your new read.

Welcome, also, to the wonderful and wacky world of BookCrossing! Here you'll find a unique and worldwide community of book lovers sharing their books. This book is now yours! Read it, enjoy it. Keep it or pass it on to someone you know, donate it to any Little Free Library or even release it into the wild. It is all up to you.

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