Rennie's 2007 Book List

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Border Crossing by Pat Barker

 

 

Blurb from book

 

When tom Seymour, a child psychologist plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from the past he

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Sharpe

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Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson Wright (audio book)

 

Blurb from cover

 

Clarissa was born into a wealthy family of food lovers who thought nothing of flying pigeons in from Cairo for supper. Her mother was an Australian heiress and her father was a brilliant surgeon to the Royal Family. But he was also a tyrannical and violent drunk. Clarissa was determined and cleaver, though, and her ambition led her to a career in the law. At the age of 21, she was the youngest ever woman to be called to the Bar.

 

Then disaster struck when her adored mother died suddenly. There followed a mind-numbing decade of wild drinking. Rich from her inheritance, in the end Clarissa had drained her entire fortune. It was a long road to recovery along which Clarissa finally faced her demons and turned to the one thing that always brought her joy

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

 

Blurb from Book

 

A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscapes save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food

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Brick Lane by Monica Ali

 

 

Blurb from book

 

At the tender age of eighteen, Nazneen

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I would agree with you - it was difficult to like any of the characters. I thought the book was well written with depth. I saw the film recently - it was excellent

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I would like to see the film HandD.

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Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson Wright

 

That sounds good. I might have to add it to the wish list.

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I found the audio book very good FishAndChips. Clarissa

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Sharpe

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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

 

 

Blurb from cover

 

How does a man addicted to routine

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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

 

 

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So glad you enjoyed Anne Tyler - she is I suppose my fave author and I have them all and have read them all. Accidental Tourist was made in to reasonably good film although they couldn't quite capture Macon and his systems very well