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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Oh i've read loads of good ones.
How about.....[i]The year of magical thinking ~ Joan Didion[/i]
Husband and Wife for nearly 40 years when their Daughter gets severe Pneumonia and is rushed to hospital in a coma. Then a few days later Husband drops dead over dinner !
Benjamin Franklin's memoirs are interesting given his role in history.
[i]Black boy ~ Richard Wright[/i]
A young boy from Mississippi in the 20's has to cope with an absent Father and a chronically ill Mother in a time of segregation and worse.
Turns out when he gets to school, he's actually quite bright !
Mark Twain and Hemmingway have already been mentioned but are both crazy-excellent.
[i]12 years a slave ~ Solomon Northrup[/i]
I'm sure you'll have seen all the movie hype stuff but the book is gut wrenching and a reminder that there are some things no amount of reparation or apology will ever make right.
Then there's stuff like.... 7 pillars of wisdom ~ T.E Lawrence
Diary of a young girl ~ Anne Frank
Out of Africa ~ Karen Blixen
I am Malala ~ Malala Yousefzai etc.
How about.....[i]The year of magical thinking ~ Joan Didion[/i]
Husband and Wife for nearly 40 years when their Daughter gets severe Pneumonia and is rushed to hospital in a coma. Then a few days later Husband drops dead over dinner !
Benjamin Franklin's memoirs are interesting given his role in history.
[i]Black boy ~ Richard Wright[/i]
A young boy from Mississippi in the 20's has to cope with an absent Father and a chronically ill Mother in a time of segregation and worse.
Turns out when he gets to school, he's actually quite bright !
Mark Twain and Hemmingway have already been mentioned but are both crazy-excellent.
[i]12 years a slave ~ Solomon Northrup[/i]
I'm sure you'll have seen all the movie hype stuff but the book is gut wrenching and a reminder that there are some things no amount of reparation or apology will ever make right.
Then there's stuff like.... 7 pillars of wisdom ~ T.E Lawrence
Diary of a young girl ~ Anne Frank
Out of Africa ~ Karen Blixen
I am Malala ~ Malala Yousefzai etc.
I'll be looking up all of these thank you @Picklebobble2
helenS · 36-40, F
Donatien Alphonse François Marquis de Sade.
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helenS · 36-40, F
@Master5dad It's drastic stuff - savage. Be advised.
jlsdjfhasdljfhasdfa · 41-45, M
Do you mean his own life or what he has written about others?
@jlsdjfhasdljfhasdfa his own sorry for the confusion
Human1000 · M
A book or life?
Life @Human1000
Human1000 · M
Hemingway, Twain, Conrad...@Master5dad