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I am a book-giver for holidays and birthdays. Usually my book choices are well-received and enjoyed. However, I have struck out with my mother for the last few years. Some books I have given her:
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner The Lovely Bones by Alice Seibold The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffineger The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
And, To Kill a Mockingbird, which was a big hit. She had never read it but always wanted to. The others all fell flat, which really shocked me as I thought they were excellent books. Ordinary Wolves is an Alaskan tale (written by someone who lived it) and my mother loves Alaska so I thought she would really enjoy it.
She reads ALL types of books, but from what I can tell she hasn't liked these books because they are not "happy" stories. This surprises me because she really enjoys apocalyptic-type books, which generally are pretty dark and don't always have happy endings either.
I guess I'll try again with some positive books with uplifting endings, but I don't want anything that reads like a Thomas Kinkade painting.
A Gift Upon the Shore by M.K. Wren. My Life in France by Julia Child. an autobiography and not a cookbook. Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchey Up From Orchard Street by Eleanor Widmer
I liked all these books. Maybe your mother will, too.
Go to your public library, and get the advice of a librarian. They are a wonderful resource. You can review the book for yourself and then go with a couple of choices.
Maybe one of the Elm Creek Quilt series book by Jennifer Chiaverini
may be a silly idea but would she be interested in reading (rereading?) a kids book like Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, Ann of Green Gables, etc? She's probably read them but sometimes it's nice to be a kid again. sort of.
Look up the author Rosalind Pilcher . She wrote The Shell Seekers and several other books that I found particularly inviting at a time when I was not enamoured with murder , etc.
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