book for my Nan - please help

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cantfindamnnickname · 26/11/2011 20:01

Nan is 77 and likes reading old fashioned stories
Can you recommend some books to buy her for Christmas

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freelancescientist · 27/11/2011 18:41

My Last Duchess is a recently published 'old fashioned' story, a bit Downton Abbey -ish. Can't remember the author, sorry, but my Gran liked it.

DuchessofMalfi · 27/11/2011 18:08

Miss Read
Barbara Pym

HeadsRollingInTheAisles · 26/11/2011 22:41

Rosamund Pilcher

Kayano · 26/11/2011 22:39

Catherine Cookson? I got my mum 50 books last year and she is enjoying them

PotteringAlong · 26/11/2011 21:07

Ooh, does it? I haven't got my grandma a present yet!

myncichips · 26/11/2011 21:05

The people's friend also has a hard back annual

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cantfindamnnickname · 26/11/2011 21:01

thank you - I will have a look but thats given me some ideas

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nikon1968 · 26/11/2011 20:59

Anything by KATE MORTON

PotteringAlong · 26/11/2011 20:52

My grandma really likes 'the people's friend' magazine for the stories. How about a subscription?

spendthrift · 26/11/2011 20:45

The Maeve Binchy books are usually set in Ireland in the 50s and 60 and have happy endings.

Does she like detective stories? You can't go far wrong with books by Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh, again set in the 30s to 60s.

If she likes historical romance, then Georgette Heyer's These Old Shades or The Grand Sophy are good.

If you want a classic, then how about a Dickens or two: A Christmas Carol - as it's Christmas, and either A Tale of Two cities or David Copperfield.

HTH

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