That would be Picture Perfect. It was the group read here a few months ago. It is one of her earlier books. Second Glance is my sister's favourite of Jodi Picoult's books so far. I haven't read it yet though. Soon.
Celestlyn, I'm glad Julie was able to come up with the name of the Jodi Picoult book you were asking me about...this is my first time on the board in a few days and I just now read the postings.
Kris, I meant to let you know that I've been thinking about your family. I'm a nurse and I work on a medical floor, so we have many stroke patients. His recovery will be a long, slow road, but maybe with lots of prayers and positive vibes sent your way, we can speed it up a bit. I have an aunt who is 90 and has been in and out of the hospital lately. We are trying to get her back to the point where she can return to her own independent living apartment. My preference would be to see her in an assisted living situation, but my sister and her hubby have the power of attorney, so I don't have much to say about it. I have no surviving uncles and just the one aunt. I care deeply for her and hate to see her going downhill. She has had a good life, though. So hard for us mid-life people. We get the kids grown and independent and then have our parents going through elderly, health problems. Anyway, I'm thinking of you.
Whoa! I didn't know there was a booklovers board. I'm silly.
Anyway, right now, I'm finishing up the last portion of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (I'm a graduate student in French Literature), but on my measly free time, I'm reading Life before Man by Margaret Atwood.
In Search of Lost Time - the remembrances of a young French man about his entire life from his childhood vacations to Combray, a small town in France, his adolescent journeys to the beach, his first love and first loss - to the last days of his existence. Proust is a skilled enough writer to make even the most esoteric ideas come across as easy to understand - and you get really attached to the characters. Probably not for the faint of heart though, it's lengthy and very dense. There's a new translation that just came out, however, that I highly recommend; your library probably won't have it, but the bookstore will (the new translations are the ones with the artsy covers all in black).
Life Before Man - I've only just started it, but it seems to be about the way a man, his wife and a friend work through their own personal situations after a tragic incident. Atwood always writes very well, but you don't really care too much about the main characters.
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" & the "Claudia" books by Rose Franken...
You've brought back old memories...my mother introduced me to those books too. Also, "Seventeen" by Booth Tarkington. (I just checked the library web site & requested that one!) And there was another one I really liked, but I can't remember if the title was actually "Men Are Like Streetcars". Oh, and "The Egg & I" by Betty McDonald. There were 2-3 of these semi-autobiographical books that she wrote. This was where the Ma & Pa Kettle characters came from (anyone remember those movies?) She also wrote the wonderful "Mrs Piggle-Wiggle" books for children. Of course, mom also introduced me to Agatha Christie.
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That would be Picture Perfect. It was the group read here a few months ago. It is one of her earlier books. Second Glance is my sister's favourite of Jodi Picoult's books so far. I haven't read it yet though. Soon.
Julie
Celestlyn, I'm glad Julie was able to come up with the name of the Jodi Picoult book you were asking me about...this is my first time on the board in a few days and I just now read the postings.
Whoa! I didn't know there was a booklovers board. I'm silly.
Anyway, right now, I'm finishing up the last portion of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (I'm a graduate student in French Literature), but on my measly free time, I'm reading Life before Man by Margaret Atwood.
In Search of Lost Time - the remembrances of a young French man about his entire life from his childhood vacations to Combray, a small town in France, his adolescent journeys to the beach, his first love and first loss - to the last days of his existence. Proust is a skilled enough writer to make even the most esoteric ideas come across as easy to understand - and you get really attached to the characters. Probably not for the faint of heart though, it's lengthy and very dense. There's a new translation that just came out, however, that I highly recommend; your library probably won't have it, but the bookstore will (the new translations are the ones with the artsy covers all in black).
Life Before Man - I've only just started it, but it seems to be about the way a man, his wife and a friend work through their own personal situations after a tragic incident. Atwood always writes very well, but you don't really care too much about the main characters.
Hi Kris,
It's evident that
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" & the "Claudia" books by Rose Franken...
You've brought back old memories...my mother introduced me to those books too. Also, "Seventeen" by Booth Tarkington. (I just checked the library web site & requested that one!) And there was another one I really liked, but I can't remember if the title was actually "Men Are Like Streetcars". Oh, and "The Egg & I" by Betty McDonald. There were 2-3 of these semi-autobiographical books that she wrote. This was where the Ma & Pa Kettle characters came from (anyone remember those movies?) She also wrote the wonderful "Mrs Piggle-Wiggle" books for children. Of course, mom also introduced me to Agatha Christie.
Liz
Liz,
Last summer my roommate and I laughed ourselves silly over several of the library's "Ma & Pa Kettle" videos!
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