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| hikerchic |
Posted - Mar 31 2010 : 05:04:10 AM
I would appreciate any recommendations you can make. I am nervous about picking up a new book right now. My father passed away 12/23/09, and a really good friend committed suicide on 2/23/10. So I am trying to stear away from any books and even movies along those lines. So if you know of a really good book that's "safe" I'd appreciate it. Thanks (((hugs))) |
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 8:19:21 PM
Carol - good call!! I just read the whole Mitford series this winter, my grandma died in November, and those books were just the thing I needed, just so many words of wisdom in them. I can't believe I forgot I read them already, what a space cadet....
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 06:48:46 AM
Try the Mitford series. I am sorry for your loss, take good care, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 7:52:04 PM
Stacey - I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I really enjoy the James Herriott books, they are a series I return to when I am feeling like I need some comfort.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 4:45:04 PM
Have you read Jennifer Chiaverini's "Elm Creek Quilter" series? They are delightful and fun to read.
I'm so sorry for your losses too.
Dawn in IL |
| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 11:50:44 AM
Stacy, I'm reading one right now that I am really enjoying. It's called 'These Is My Words, The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine - 1881-1901' by Nancy E. Turner. It's a story inspired by the author's own family memoirs. There are a few sad things in it, but the happy and interesting times far outweigh them. I'm sorry for your losses. I lost my own Mama March 10, 2009 so I kind of know what you mean. I think you might like this book. The farm sisters here highly recommended it.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/
An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.' |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 11:26:34 AM
Oh Stacy! I am so sorry!! I am like Luanne. Those books always cheer me up.
You are in my prayers dear one!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 11:20:52 AM
What about a chicklit book like The Devil Wears Prada or something like that? It's an easy, light read with nothing depressing in it.
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Mar 31 2010 : 09:10:00 AM
Stacy, so sorry. Hugs to you and your family. If you are feeling like reading heartwarming,comfortable books you might try Louisa May Alcott's.
Judy #932
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Mar 31 2010 : 05:59:17 AM
Hi Stacey -
I love the Amish/Christian fiction books by Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, Cindy Woodsmall, etc. I don't remember anything too awful in any of them. In a few of them someone passed away from a farm accident, etc. but not by taking their own lives. I'm so sorry about your losses.
Hugs back to you!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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