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Chilli Queen
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 Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: What can you recommend for my mum? |
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I want to buy my mum a really good book to read but am stuck for ideas. She likes historical fiction, family saga type things and has previously enjoyed things like Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Island and The Return. Can anybody recommend anything? Nothing too racy or with bad language  |
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magpie nic
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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The Last Queen by CW Gortner that I just read would be good if she likes older history. It is about Queen Juana of Spain and is really good.
My mam really likes family sagas as well, especially Maureen Lee and Valerie Wood. What about a book by Helen Forrester? I really like her books, and the first of her autobiographies, Twopence to Cross the Mersey, is my favourite book ever! |
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queenlit
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Almonds and Raisons by Maisie Mosco is historical. |
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Chilli Queen
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for those ideas. She's read a lot of Helen Forrester but I'll look at the other ideas over the weekend. |
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smallholder
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| What about the Forsyte Saga? I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. |
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redredrobin
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| I lent my mum the Guernsey potato peel pie one. She returned it 2 days later so I thought she didn't like it. She'd actually loved and read it really quickly. |
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greyengine
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| She might enjoy some Philippa Gregory. |
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queenlit
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| What did you get Chilli Queen/ And is your mum enjoying it? |
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Chilli Queen
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I ended up having to buy something in a rush and the only place open was Tesco. Unfortunately the tesco I was at had only a tiny book section (unlike my local one which I wish I'd gone to). I really fancied buying her the C W Gortner book but they didn't have it so I ended up with one called Small Island set just after the second world war in England and following the fortunes of a black woman settling here. The other one I got was called the Secret Mandarin and was something to do with China but I can't remember what! I only gave them to her yesterday so she hasn't read them yet. |
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smallholder
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Small island is a brilliant book. I would thoroughly recommend it. |
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tui
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| i am reading Small Island. I put it down to start Her Fearful Symmetry but i was enjoing it. I oftyen have several books on the go. Short attention span. |
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queenlit
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I enjoyed reading Small Island so hope your mum does too. |
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Chilli Queen
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for all the recommendations everyone - it's given me plenty of ideas for the next time I go looking for books for me too. |
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redredrobin
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I loved small island. Apparently they've made a bbc drama of it. |
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smallholder
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Bet its not as good as the book! |
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redredrobin
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course it won't be! |
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