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Books to buy your Grandmother/ mother in law
Someone at a DistanceSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £6.50
Tender examination of a marriage. Deservedly first on this list
Talking it Over: Complete & UnabridgedTalking it Over: Complete & Unabridged by Julian Barnes
Buy new: £36.92
Wonderful audiobook about a menage a trois
The Future Homemakers of AmericaThe Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £0.01
GI wives in Norfolk in WWII - warm and authentic
The WifeThe Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01
Sharp and well-observed reflection on a 60s marriage
AtonementAtonement by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £0.01
Family drama during WWII
The No.1 Ladies' Detective AgencyThe No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.53 / Used from: £0.01
Completely charming
The SiegeThe Siege by Helen Dunmore
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01
Wonderful love story set in the siege of Leningrad
Keepers of the HouseKeepers of the House by Lisa St.Aubin De Teran
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £0.01
A young bride in South America - partly autobiographical & a classic
A Suitable BoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01
Brilliant tapestry of characters - an all time favourite
The Quotable Woman: Wisdom from Mother Theresa, Hillary Clinton, Edith Wharton, Oprah Winfrey, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Dole, ... Katharine Hepburn and More (The Quotable)The Quotable Woman: Wisdom from Mother Theresa, Hillary Clinton, Edith Wharton, Oprah Winfrey, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Dole, ... Katharine Hepburn and More (The Quotable) by Carol Turkington
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £0.42
Well chosen bon-mots as well as pieces of wisdom
The Human StainThe Human Stain by Philip Roth
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
Masterful story of love, grief, rage and deception
GileadGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.60
Breath-taking letters from an elderly priest to his young son about life and love
Talking Heads: No. 1 (BBC Radio Collection)Talking Heads: No. 1 (BBC Radio Collection) by Alan Bennett
Buy new: £10.47 / Used from: £11.94
Funny, well-observed and poignant
A Short History of Tractors in UkrainianA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Buy new: £4.41 / Used from: £0.01
The foolishness of old men
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £1.00
As restrained and spare as its subjects - a retired butler reminisces