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May 02, 2012 02:11PM
I am hooked on books on children-young and coming of age etc. especially the ones that are less than ideal upbringing. For example, Miriam Towes' A Complicated Kindness, Wally Lamb's She's come Undone and the latest I've read, Lullabies for little criminals. Can anyone recommend more books about childhood narrators or about children who are interesting characters.
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The Talk-Funny Girl: A NovelThe Time It Takes to Fall
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Secret Life of Bees
The Outsiders
and if you like a quirky mystery,
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I read The Heart is a lonely Hunter I agree with that. And got half way through the sweetness at the bottom of the pie but something distracted me and never picked it up. Thanks Zora :)
Cool, Zora. Thank you I'm checking these out right now :)
I'm reading that now!! it's pretty good. ALso reading The Chaperone which is actually more grasping of my interest.
Sarah wrote: "I am hooked on books on children-young and coming of age etc. especially the ones that are less than ideal upbringing. For example, Miriam Towes' A Complicated Kindness, Wally Lamb's She's come Und..."You might like Scrambled Eggs at Midnight
Zora wrote: "The Talk-Funny Girl: A NovelThe Time It Takes to Fall
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Secret Life of Bees
The Outsiders
and if you like a quirky mystery,
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the..."
Thanks for these, I've added them to my "to read" list!
oooh...The Outsiders was good. I actually read the whole thing when I was in HS
hmmm, the outsiders. was it really good? i never saw the movie. of course the movie wouldn't mean much, it's never as good as the book.
Gingerbread. It's a YA novel, but it's seriously one of my favorite books. I want to be as cool as Cyd Charisse when I grow up.
hhmmmm. something to check out
Miss Peregrin's School for Peculiar Children, which I'm reading now and enjoying. There's the all-time classics: "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Huckleberry Finn."
Kathryn wrote: "White Oleander maybe? The book was wayyyyy better than the movie"I completely agree! The movie almost ruined the book for me.
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
You might like "The Dry Grass of August".
Normal Girl: A Novel: beaucoup de l'excès (sort of like what I understand Gossip Girl is like?)A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: early part of the century -- totally different way of life but still very relatable.
Special Topics in Calamity Physics: little mystery twist, lots of lit references. Probably one of my top 5 fav books.
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr and Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood are both really good. I read both of them more than once.
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower-Brave New Girl
-Speak
A tree grows in brooklyn <-- very goodor try out
Angela's ashes
memoirs of a geisha
snow flower and the secret fan
this much is true by wally lamb
I would definitely recommend A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Its one of my most favorite reads, next to She's Come Undone. ;-)
