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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will probably think of another one later but I really liked The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beadgarden - I'm rather intrigued by that as my sister was after a copy. It does sound interesting - might have to read it myself!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I cannot possible name a favourite book!

But Chronicle of Youth by Vera Brittain made fascinating reading.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I cannot possible name a favourite book!

But Chronicle of Youth by Vera Brittain made fascinating reading.


is that the same as testimony of youth?

i know she wrote 2 books but i only read the first one, the story of her in the first world war nurses

quite a book
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes it is nanny. It is the diary she kept before, during and after the 1st world war and which she used to write Testament of Youth.

A fascinating woman.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Aqui,

The Joy Luck Club is good, I saw the film first and loved it and then read the book which is very slightly different as it has a more detailed storyline.

Amy Tan also wrote a book called The Kitchen God's Wife, which I tried to read and gave up after about 3 chapters, then I picked it up again a few months later and read it all and loved it.

Its not a good idea to read her books if you are at all depressed as they are a bit sad at times. They are mostly based on mother and daughter relationships and about women who moved from China to America.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anne Macaffry Pern Books, who wouldn`t want to ride one of her dragons
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Beadgarden"]Hi Aqui,

Amy Tan also wrote a book called The Kitchen God's Wife, which I tried to read and gave up after about 3 chapters, then I picked it up again a few months later and read it all and loved it.

That is exactly what happened when I read it! I started and couldn't finish, months later I absolutely couldn't put it down.

I put it down to moodswings.  Great book



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