Lauren B's Best Books of 2011
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 16:02
Lauren B shares with us "what I loved this year":
Book of the Year for me is a tie between the elegant and affecting
The Hare with the
Amber Eyes and the rollicking and affecting
The Wilder Life. Both books took me somewhere else and left much powerful
emotion in their wake.
I
Think I Love You by Allison Pearson. Spot-on re: teenage girls' sexuality
and a really compassionate take on David Cassidy.
Cities of Salt by Abdulrahman Munif. A profound novel about the oil industry
in Saudia Arabia and the destruction of the nomadic life. Everyone should read
this.
Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood. Wicked, wicked novel.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. I read most of this in a public place, even though I
was laughing so hard, I was practically hyperventilating.
I
Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti. Looking at the West Bank through the eyes
of a Palestinian poet.
This Human Season by Louise Dean. Humane and thoughful novel about the
hunger strikes in Northern Ireland in the 1980s.
The Love of My Youth by Mary Gordon. College sweethearts meet again as
adults. If you are of a certain age, this book will move you.
Just Kids by Patti Smith. It took me two tries, but I was totally charmed. I
adore her tender account of her younger self.
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