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natura · 22/06/2025 11:09

I'm post-breakup, post-international move, physically exhausted, flooded with cortisol, perimenopausal, and both my heart and my brain feel utterly broken.

I want to get lost in a story that's engaging but not too demanding, easy but not vacuous...

Think Ann Patchett, Donna Tartt, Jodi Picoult, that kind of thing.

Anyone got any good suggestions?

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VioletIndigoBlueGreen · 22/06/2025 11:19

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Newmum738 · 22/06/2025 11:16

And sorry to hear about your break up OP.

Newmum738 · 22/06/2025 11:16

I liked Demon Copperhead and anything Rebecca Yarros but especially Fourth Wing if you want some fantasy!