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can someone recommend me a book?

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Stargazing · 28/06/2008 23:07

used to read voraciously, but had 2 children in 16 months and have no time/ energy/ concentration for ages ... am fed up with trying to convince myself that Closer is the modern day Pride & prejudice ... can someone recommend a book that they've enjoyed?

If it helps, I love classics, and some of my favourite modern novels are: The Kite Runner, True History of the Kelly Gang, A fine Balance, Possession, The Lovely Bones, The Famished Road, My Life as a Fake...

would really appreciate some help! thanks

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nkf · 29/06/2008 13:17

Yes. It's wonderful. She's very gifted.

northernrefugee39 · 29/06/2008 13:15

nfk- I've never met anyone who's read the Siri Hustvedt, What I loved- also US ( she's Paul Auster's wife) Have you read it?

nkf · 29/06/2008 13:09

I know. Yes, I loved it too.

northernrefugee39 · 29/06/2008 13:05

Yes, it's 1950's 60's irrc New YorkWashington. The main charater is English. Very romantic. Not really the sort of novel I usually would have picked, but I was away and it was all I had left. I really loved it. very well written.

nkf · 29/06/2008 12:12

Is On Green Dolphin St the one set in the States?

northernrefugee39 · 29/06/2008 12:01

Total, I'm going to get Half of a Yellow sun this week, can't wait to read it, though it sounds a bit harrowing....

And Small Island was great, loved it.
I liked White Teeth and On Beauty by Zadie Smith, ( but couldn't get on with Autograph man)

I loved the Sarah Waters ones too. Affinity and The Night Watch are also good.

On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks was book which stayed with me for ages; has anyone read it?

TotalChaos · 29/06/2008 10:13

The Attack by Yasmina Khadra

TotalChaos · 29/06/2008 10:13

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie.

Small Island by Andrea Levy

Tipping the Velvet or Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

northernrefugee39 · 29/06/2008 10:05

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
Restless and The Blue afternoon by William Boyd
Daughter's of Jerusalem by Charlotte Mendelson
Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn
Port Mungo Parrick McGrath
Faith Fox Jane Gardam
The Slow Train to Mila Lisa St Aubyn de Terain
Secret History Donna Tartt
Seventh heaven, Here on earth, The Probablre Future by Alice Hoffman

Anything bt Anita Shtieve

TurkeyLurkey · 28/06/2008 23:12

'tattoo' artist....

TurkeyLurkey · 28/06/2008 23:12

I have just finished "The Electric Michaelangelo" by Sarah Hall.

About the life of a tatto artist starting in Morecambe in 1907. Sounds bizarre but I wanted to follow every word rather than skim read as the descriptions are amazing.