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looking for a book to read and i have these to choose from ...

anyone read one?

My Life As Emperor .... Su Tong

Angela's Ashes .... Frank McCourt

Wild Swans .... Jung Chang

Lauren Bacall by Myself and Then Some

Forbidden Face .... Latifa

Man and Wife .... Tony Parsons

The God of Small Things .... Arundhati Roy
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Angela's Ashes.

Poignant.
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thanx nomie ... thats the one about ireland ... sounds good
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jones jones;874019 wrote: thanx nomie ... thats the one about ireland ... sounds good




Its especially good if your parents were drunken Irishmen.

It allows you to bond with the author.

Leaves you with that "HEY ! Ive just made a friend" feeling.
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:wah::wah::wah::wah::wah::wah:
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Whose you callinnggg druuunnk youse b@stard$? Argghhhhhh, I'll bate the bollix off thee lot of yeees, arggggh (falls over).
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jones jones;874015 wrote: looking for a book to read and i have these to choose from ...

anyone read one?

My Life As Emperor .... Su Tong

Angela's Ashes .... Frank McCourt

Wild Swans .... Jung Chang

Lauren Bacall by Myself and Then Some

Forbidden Face .... Latifa

Man and Wife .... Tony Parsons

The God of Small Things .... Arundhati Roy




Hi JJ:-6 How are you...well, I hope.

Sorry, but I haven't read any of those...

Saw the movie "Angela's Ashes" and found it so sad and depressive.

Love Lauren Bacall
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Kathy Ellen;874127 wrote: Hi JJ:-6 How are you...well, I hope.

Sorry, but I haven't read any of those...

Saw the movie "Angela's Ashes" and found it so sad and depressive.

Love Lauren Bacall


hi kath honey ...

i'm great ... and you?

yeah i have put that one at the bottom of the pile ...
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I gave Wild Swans to my daughter when she was about nine, she got half way through it before her mother confiscated it as wildly unsuitable. It wasn't.

The God of Small Things is less informative though almost as educational and it has a sense of humour.

Angela's Ashes is an Irish tale which means I believed very little that it told me but I enjoyed it from start to finish. Mind you, I tell of my childhood on occasion and I've not found anyone prepared to believe a word of that either.
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spot;874134 wrote: I gave Wild Swans to my daughter when she was about nine, she got half way through it before her mother confiscated it as wildly unsuitable. It wasn't.

The God of Small Things is less informative though almost as educational and it has a sense of humour.

Angela's Ashes is an Irish tale which means I believed very little that it told me but I enjoyed it from start to finish. Mind you, I tell of my childhood on occasion and I've not found anyone prepared to believe a word of that either.


thanx for the reviews ... i think i am gonna settle for the god of small things to start with ..
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Nomad;874018 wrote: Angela's Ashes.

Poignant.


I've also read "Angela's Ashes". I agree with Nomad. Good book.
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