Suggest a book I can buy for my mother
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My mom will be having surgery soon which will cause some physical restrictions. I am putting together a basket of goodies and would like to include a book as she is an avidcreader. However our tastes differ wildly and I need some help.
She likes Jan Karon (sp?) Mitford series. She liked the Dan Brown books. No bodice ripping romance, horror, etc. Suspense is okay, but no graphic violence. Something entertaining, not too instructional or intellectual... There will probably ve painkillers involved 
Not huge on bio, but a bio of the right person would be good (no idea WHO that is...) She enjoys travel and lots of the stereotypical "retired lady living it up" type stuff... Shopping, gardening, organizing potlucks. Any thoughts on a nice light read? |
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| My mom sounds like yours. She reads Jan Karon and also Nicholas Sparks. |
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| Sounds like my MIL. She likes Jodi Picoult. She also likes that #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. And she just read The Good House and enjoyed that -- can't remember who it's by but easy to find. |
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How about Nora Ephron "I feel bad about my neck"
Or Meryl Markoe's book (comedian and long-time girlfriend of Dave Letterman) LAstly, if she hasn't read Bossypants, I can't image someone not liking that book. If she likes travel, anything by Bill Bryson, especially Notes from a Small Island or I'm a Stranger Here Myself might be good. |
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She might like Tana French - Irish author of murder mysteries. They are exellent
http://www.amazon.com/Tana-French/e/B001H6IGWU I loved all of them but faithful place and broken harbor are my faves. |
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| My mom is loving the biography of Nancy Dickerson by her son, John Dickerson. It's called On Her Trail. My mom reads a lot of biographies and this is apparently a great read. |
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Broken Harbor, in particular, opens with some pretty graphic violence. I found it really hard to get past that, though none of her others have bothered me as much. I really liked Some Luck by Jane Smiley--it kind of felt like an "old lady" book to me, in a good way. Or Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, by Therese Ann Fowler. |
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Your mother might enjoy the novels of Jeanne Ray, who is the mother of Ann Patchett. They are lighthearted and fun but well written. Some serious issues but not handled in a dark or depressing way. I haven't read her latest but really liked "Julie and Romeo," Julie and Romeo Get Lucky," and "Eat Cake" (with some delicious recipes I still use). Perfect for recovering from surgery.
http://www.amazon.com/Jeanne-Ray/e/B001H6MBEE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1430057877&sr=8-2 |
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| Maeve Binchy? |
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That was going to be my suggestion too. I really liked her books - read a bunch while I was in my 20s |
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| The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey |
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I think any novel by the incomparable Danielle Steel would be right up her alley.
My personal favorite is "The Good Woman." |