Good Minds Suggest: Jane Green's Favorite Unlikely Love Stories
Posted by Goodreads on July 4, 2016
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
"Katherine's love affair with the entire Goldman family, Hampstead intellectuals who are all too familiar, and subsequent love affair with one of the sons, has made this book one of the most enduring love affairs of my own life. Katherine and Jonathan are from completely different backgrounds—he, sharp intelligentsia; she, suburban and gentle middle class—but theirs is an unexpected and comforting match."
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
"Quirky and charming, the characters of Ditmas Park are all delightful as they struggle through a summer in a Brooklyn neighborhood, but none more so than the teenage Ruby and Harry. Good boy meets bad girl with a vibrant, throbbing heart."
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
"Were there ever such unlikely lovers as the boisterous, confident playboy Brian and the bookish, quiet, intense Mary Ann? A gorgeous snapshot into San Francisco life in the '70s and '80s, filled with humor and heart."
She Is Me by Cathleen Schine
"Daisy Piperno is the work colleague of her daughter, not a woman the relatively happily married and middle-aged Greta expects to find herself falling for. An unlikely, unexpected love story, a small gem of beauty in a luscious tale of family, friendships, and love."
Bilgewater by Jane Gardam
"Marigold Green, my almost namesake, nicknamed Bilgewater, is alone and awkward in the boarding school where her father teaches, but madly and secretly in love with the popular, outgoing, perfect Jack Rose. She is a glorious heroine for all those who felt, as teenagers, that their loves would never notice them, that they didn't fit in. I have loved this book for almost 40 years."
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Thank you, Joan Antel, I thought that title was familiar for a book/film. Will look them up all tbree this summer!
I can only "read" audio books and I am so disappointed that Jane Greene has started narrating her own books. She is a wonderful author but her narration is awful. Its very rare that author narrated books are enjoyable- Elizabeth Berg is an exception- maybe they dont understand that writing and narrating are two entirely different talents. Because of this, I will not be able to enjoy her books anymore.
Dar wrote: "I'm looking for a book I read to fast and gave it away too fast.It was sci-fi and a man kept being reborn and he was being chased because he found an artifact.He meets a woman and tells her the sto..."Dar, the book you're describing sounds like one I've read called 'My Name Is Memory' by Ann Brashares! Hopefully this is helpful :)
Dar wrote: "I'm looking for a book I read to fast and gave it away too fast.It was sci-fi and a man kept being reborn and he was being chased because he found an artifact.He meets a woman and tells her the sto..."Dar, the book you're describing sounds like one I've read called 'My Name Is Memory' by Ann Brashares! Hopefully this is helpful :)
Dar wrote: "I'm looking for a book I read to fast and gave it away too fast.It was sci-fi and a man kept being reborn and he was being chased because he found an artifact.He meets a woman and tells her the sto..."Dar, the book you're describing sounds like one I've read called 'My Name Is Memory' by Ann Brashares! Hopefully this is helpful :)
learn of this love story with the same title as a book by
Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of the multi-volume "Cazalet Chronicles." Howard's "Falling" was made into an excellent
film, available on DVD, starring Penelope Wilton and Michael Kitchen.
Joan Antell