s/o What book has stayed with you?

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Anonymous wrote:The Book Thief. Oh goodness, how that ending wrecked me.

This for me too. This is the book I always tell people to read.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like a Philistine for this but Rule of the Bone. I read it when I was young. I had a very overprotective mother and was so fascinated by the protagonists independence and freedom. It seemed so attractive to me at the start of the story but Banks shows how fragile his situation was.

Stuck with me too!

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to Build a Fire by Jack London

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Anonymous wrote:We Need to Talk About Kevin

Oh boy I watched the movie a very long time ago and still often think about it. Nature vs. nurture? (I think it's mostly nature.) Why was she so attentive in the aftermath? Guilt, punishing herself? Did he not know he was going to prison?

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The Kite Runner. I listened to it on audible - read by the author. I just remember sobbing in the parking lot at work more than once.

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A Fine Balance

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wave — about the 2003 Sri Lanka tsunami

That story was so hard to bear. I Google her on occasion to see how she’s doing.

I believe she's married to actress Fiona Shaw. That book was so powerful and her strength in making it through her loss is remarkable.

My contribution to the thread - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. Not my usual type of book to read, and I'd never have picked it up if a friend hadn't recommended it.

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Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

It's a YA novel that I picked up because someone's middle schooler had put it down on vacation and I was bore.

It is an incredibly haunting book and has stuck with me for many years.

Strangely, it has the most forgettable title and I have to look it up every time I talk about it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Book Thief. Oh goodness, how that ending wrecked me.

This for me too. This is the book I always tell people to read.

Is it sad? It's WWII right? It's on my shelf and I can't do with sad

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I'm surprised that no one mentioned Sophie's Choice. I remember reading it on the metro because I had a long commute and sobbing uncontrollably on the train. It still haunts me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wave — about the 2003 Sri Lanka tsunami

That story was so hard to bear. I Google her on occasion to see how she’s doing.

I believe she's married to actress Fiona Shaw. That book was so powerful and her strength in making it through her loss is remarkable.

My contribution to the thread - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. Not my usual type of book to read, and I'd never have picked it up if a friend hadn't recommended it.

Oh yes, Before We Were Yours! That one has stayed with me as well. Based on a true story of a woman who would steal good looking children, preferably blonde, from poor parents and then sell the children to rich people. It is hard for me to grasp that that really happened but it did.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that no one mentioned Sophie's Choice. I remember reading it on the metro because I had a long commute and sobbing uncontrollably on the train. It still haunts me.

Sophie's Choice -- yes! The movie was so popular I forgot it was a book first.

[Anonymous]

I have a lot of books that would fit into this category, but a few that come to mind are:

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck
I have a lot of books that would fit into this category, but a few that come to mind are:

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck

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The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

I learned a lot about American history, good and bad, and it thoroughly covered a woman's life from first real doll to having babies. It was probably the first book I read that covered dating in any way.

It also was a big contrast to modern living. I enjoyed reading about all the farming, crafting, and trading processes.

I tried to get my boys interested via Farmer Boy but no luck. I did get a chance to visit the real farm in Malone, NY on a vacation and it was very fun for me to see the real location.