Sarah's Key would definitely work, though parts of it feels very much like a Hallmark movie.
Also The Book Thief. The story is told by Death, but it's about a young girl dealing with the death of her brother.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Rayne - Jan 09, 2012 2:54:06 pm PST #17401 of 28267
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2012 3:00:05 pm PST #17402 of 28267
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, The Book Thief ! I knew there had to be a book I knew.
lisah - Jan 09, 2012 3:01:28 pm PST #17403 of 28267
Punishingly Intricate
Isn't The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion supposed to be very good?
We read it for book club in 2010, the year we did memoirs and also the year my husband had cancer. I read the first chapter, started sobbing uncontrollably and haven't been able to read any more of it.
I hear that it's very good though!
sj - Jan 09, 2012 3:07:16 pm PST #17404 of 28267
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I haven't read it yet, but Joyce Carol Oates's A Widow's Story looks very good.
Rayne - Jan 09, 2012 3:08:09 pm PST #17405 of 28267
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I'm now picturing P-C running off and rating The Book Thief on Goodreads. (I think we've created an addict!)
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2012 3:44:40 pm PST #17406 of 28267
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BOOKS.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2012 3:48:36 pm PST #17407 of 28267
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Oh, wow. A first edition signed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird on Antiques Roadshow.
Dana - Jan 09, 2012 4:49:46 pm PST #17408 of 28267
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Even the list of sad books is depressing.
beth b - Jan 09, 2012 8:34:15 pm PST #17409 of 28267
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
the language of sand was really wonderful - well written the main character is a lexicographer. A lexicographer - due to a major even t goes to live in a lighthouse on an island. Words are important, there are ghost stories along with the ghost of the past - and the small town - and just well written
beth b - Jan 09, 2012 8:34:20 pm PST #17410 of 28267
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
actually worth repeating - DH liked it a lot too. and it is real with out feeling typical .