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Books set in both the UK and US?

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WaterBird · 12/12/2018 08:50

Both cultures mean a lot to me. Most of the books I have read usually take place in one or the other, with occasional small references from or characters from the other. But I was wondering if anyone knows of a book that is set in both countries throughout?
Thanks.

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claraschu · 12/12/2018 08:52

Changing Places

claraschu · 12/12/2018 08:53

If you enjoy non-fiction, you have probably read Bill Bryson, but worth mentioning, just in case.

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WaterBird · 12/12/2018 09:00

@Claraschu
I will have to check out more Bill Bryson. I've only read one book by him, The Life and Times of a Thunderbolt Kid.
Changing Places sounds intriguing. It puts me in mind of the film The Parent Trap.

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WaterBird · 12/12/2018 09:06

Forgot to say I also enjoyed Dyan Sheldon when I was younger, about the girls swapping places in the other country.

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claraschu · 12/12/2018 09:08

I think David Lodge is really funny, and I love Bill Bryson. Did you like The Thunderbolt Kid? You could try Notes from a Small Island and Notes for a Big Continent; they both reflect on what it is like to live in both places.

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WaterBird · 12/12/2018 09:11

I really liked the Thunderbolt Kid. Will check out David Lodge.

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tripfiction · 12/12/2018 20:22

Here are links to some books off the top of my head set mainly in both countries:

www.tripfiction.com/books/titians-boatman/
www.tripfiction.com/books/someone-2/
www.tripfiction.com/books/home-fire/
www.tripfiction.com/books/beekeepers-daughter/
www.tripfiction.com/books/a-family-scandal/

Hope they fit the bill....

SandysMam · 12/12/2018 20:23

Jane Green, Jemima J. One of my favourite books ever. A good reflection of both cultures.

ursuslemonade · 12/12/2018 20:27

Penny Vincenzi Wicked pleasures, An outrageous affair.

Flutternotsoshy · 12/12/2018 20:41

@ursuslemonade beat me to it. Also the Lytton trilogy by Penny Very.
Starts with no angel iirc

Great books

MrsSpenserGregson · 12/12/2018 20:43

On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks. Set in the USA and UK in 1960. (More US than UK). Utterly brilliant.

RosyfingeredDawn · 12/12/2018 20:51

Swing time, Zadie Smith.

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WaterBird · 12/12/2018 22:11

Thank you all. Will take a look.

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pallisers · 12/12/2018 22:14

Susan Howatch's The Rich Are Different and the sequel Sins of the Father (loosely based on the Caesar/Cleopatra/Anthony story too).

AppleScoop · 13/12/2018 00:03

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon. It's the 4th in a series of books so you might want to read the first three first.

brizzledrizzle · 13/12/2018 19:34

This one but I haven't read it myself; I'm thinking of buying it.
www.amazon.co.uk/My-Name-Anna-Lizzy-Barber-ebook/dp/B07CN8RM2L/ref=pd_ys_c_rfy_341689031_14?psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_wg=dPRGQ&pd_rd_i=B07CN8RM2L&pd_rd_w=wGEt3&tag=mumsnetforum-21&refRID=2BP3KDMEQ0YYRDXD6SGH&pd_rd_r=XAC41KX4TKGTG262KX0B

UrbaneSprawl · 14/12/2018 14:32

84 Charring Cross Road.

DownWentTheFlag · 14/12/2018 14:35

Ken Follet’s New Century trilogy is set in the UK, US, Russia and Germany across WW1, WW2 and the Cold War.

LadyLapsang · 28/12/2018 21:32

Anita Shreve The Pilot's Wife
Joanna Trollope Girl from the South
Another vote for On Green Dolphin Street

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