 | Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01 Conroy has the ability to foster a deep empathy for his characters
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 | Elvis, Jesus and Coca-cola by Kinky Friedman
Buy used from: £0.01 Irreverant - but deeply touching. Even cowboys can cry
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 | Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Buy used from: £4.70 Thrilling - My first glimpse at the complexity of adult relationships
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 | Made in America by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £5.65 / Used from: £0.01 Always insightful & funny - his books are like welcome friends
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 | The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Buy used from: £0.45 Irving never fails to please - which book to choose? A prayer to Owen Meany - the dilemma
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 | The Saffron Pear Tree: And Other Kitchen Memories by Zuretha Roos
Buy used from: £24.99 A journey back to my childhood - a salve for my homesickness
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 | Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Transformation and Unconditional Love by Martha N. Beck
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £0.01 Makes you pause for thought - I dismissed this book as sentimental slush until I read it.... Will it change your mind?
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 | The Man Who Ate Everything: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Food, But Were Afraid to Ask by Jeffrey Steingarten
Buy used from: £0.01 A foodie - who is a lawyer... with a need to analyse and understand - whats not to love
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 | The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.66 The delight of reading Amy Tan! - How I wish I wrote...
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 | Unless by Carol Shields
Buy new: £5.95 / Used from: £0.01 Apparently not her best book - but it really impressed me. She captures a woman's inner dialogue beautifully. Her writing has breathing space - just like thoughts.
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 | Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £0.01 Effortless writing - with an interesting story
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 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Fiction) by Roald Dahl
Buy used from: £0.01 Where I discovered the thrill of good storytelling - and what names... Verruca Salt!
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 | Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £5.98 I dreamed of being as audacious as Pippi. Rolling out biscuits on the floor, with a pet horse that lives inside your house, a treasure chest full of gold and a monkey! - Childhood fantasy!
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 | The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book (Calvin and Hobbes Series) by Bill Watterson
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £3.49 Philosophy & wisdom dispensed by the cute Calvin - the most adorable little boy you are pleased is not yours
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 | All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things by Robert Fulghum
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Life affirming & poignant
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 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador) by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £2.33 I loved these books - fascinating reflections on the fragility of the human mind & personality
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 | Paula by Isabel Allende
Buy used from: £0.01 A raw account from a mother first, masterful storyteller second
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 | The Thorn Birds (Troubadour Books) by Colleen McCullough
Buy used from: £0.01 A well written (furtively read as a teenager) page turner....
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 | Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
Buy used from: £1.67 A surprising good read...historical novels aren't my usual choice - but found this riveting
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 | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Buy used from: £0.44 A modern classic that I thoroughly enjoyed - and would recommend highly
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