A Love Supreme - Ashley Kahn

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Disadvantages: none

...about him being famous although not yet read anything by him - and the cover photograph by Ashley Rudolph (cheers!) - three big worn shoes, two men’s shoes, one black, the other black and white, both pointing up, and a red woman’s shoe in between pointing down - that attracted my attention. Love, etc is Barnes’ ninth novel and a sequel to the earlier one Talking It Over. I don’t know the first book and can therefore not discuss it, which doesn’t matter as Love, etc is a book in its own right; if it weren’t, it wouldn’t be offered independently. No big surprise: the novel is about three people, two men, Stuart and Oliver, and the woman Gillian. What is their relationship? Gillian, “...if there are two people in the world I understand, they’re Stuart and Oliver. After all, I have... Read review

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...I read this book because it was recommended by my teacher in school who knew that I loved "Mill on the Floss". If I had seen the movie first, I would probably never have read the book. Though the movie is a classic, there is much more to the book than the movie. The book tells the story of Scarlett O Hara from tha age of 16 set in the American Civil War. Scarlett is the spoilt Southern belle who has everything and she loses all and rises to the occassion to gain and grow. The story revolves around four characters Scarlett, Ashley, Rhett and Melanie. The beauty of the story is that these characters are so much more real and break the usual conventions. Scarlett is hardly the regular female protoganist . She is not the demure and coy Austenian heroine. She is the selfish, stubborn one who wants to have her way. She sets... Read review

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Advantages: heartwarming, heartwrenching and truly compelling
Disadvantages: you will need a mansize box of tissues

...This book was bought as an afterthought to make up numbers. Please remind me to buy more books in this way. I cant stress enough how much i enjoyed this book! The book is based on 29 year oldHolly who has recently lost her husband to a brain tumor. She struggles to come to terms with her loss and the fact that life goes on. However Gerry her decessed foresaw her trouble adjusting and in his own touching and selfless way came up with a plan to help her get her life back on track. At times i had to put the book down as i couldnt see the pages for my tears. Yet at times i was laughing so hard my kids looked up to see what was so funny or maybe i just laughed because of my own personal horror at the thought of karoke. If you read one book this year let it be this one. The author now has the supremly difficult task of trying to equal... Read review

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