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callign book gals - presnet for sistser urgento

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:07

ok sister ia keen reader lieks modern fic and also historical stuff ( liek georgiana - but not historicla romances)
also has a secret fetish for celeb biogs, but generalyl si very intellgient of choise...

any ideas

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lennygrrl · 20/02/2008 21:40

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TheHonEnid · 20/02/2008 21:38

I thank you lapin [bows]

filthymindedvixen · 20/02/2008 21:38

oh he did buy me a fab one about an irish prossie's daughter who ends up as ladies maid to a very bizarre mistress who makes her do really odd tasks for her book about servants. Tis funny, and odd and mysterious and sad. But helpfully, I can remember neither the autheor or title (I loved it so much I sent it to my mother)

ArcticRoll · 20/02/2008 21:37

Margaret Forster-Diary of an Ordinary Woman?

foxinsocks · 20/02/2008 21:37

is she an older sister or a younger sister?

TotalChaos · 20/02/2008 21:36

How about the Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

www.amazon.co.uk/Reluctant-Fundamentalist-Mohsin-Hamid/dp/0241143659/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&s=books&qid=1203543319&sr=1-1

littlelapin · 20/02/2008 21:36

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filthymindedvixen · 20/02/2008 21:35

want the obit one. NOW!

filthymindedvixen · 20/02/2008 21:35

kate mosse is shite...dh bought me an eclectic mix of fiction for christmas, including that one. I tried 4 chapters and passed out with boredom..

chonky · 20/02/2008 21:34

I'm about to buy it lennygrrl. Nothing like reading about a spot of 'keep buggering on'.

lennygrrl · 20/02/2008 21:33

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TotalChaos · 20/02/2008 21:33

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/customer-reviews/0752860550/sr=1-1/qid=1203543015/ref=cm_rev_next ?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=266239&s=books&customer-reviews.start=41&qid=1 203543015&sr=1-1

(the one by peanuts/john crace)

littlelapin · 20/02/2008 21:32

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:31

ah iw as looking at austerity gb

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:31

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/014028978X/ref=pd_luc_000010670915645014028978X
this is for enid

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foxinsocks · 20/02/2008 21:30

hmmmmm I hate recommending books but am reading 'A Gathering Light' at the moment which is quite good (have not finished it yet though grr).

Also just read Philip Roth's Everyman which I didn't think I'd enjoy but did.

I haven't started the big Mitford letters book (that Enid linked to) but it does look like a wonderful book. If she likes history, Austerity Britain is also fab. I always think proper big books are lovely as presents.

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:30

and is elgance meaty ll?

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:29

ah i have read hte lovell mitofrd book it IS great

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chonky · 20/02/2008 21:29

lennygrrl taht looks great

chonky · 20/02/2008 21:29

lennygrrl taht looks great

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DualCycloneCod · 20/02/2008 21:29

ah mitford biog also good idea

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wheelybug · 20/02/2008 21:29

oops link slightly wrong - the second one down - 'the mitford girls'.

lennygrrl · 20/02/2008 21:28

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TotalChaos · 20/02/2008 21:28

IMHO Kate Mosse's latest was quite shockingly bad. There was a hilarious review on Amazon. Will go and link to it.

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