PS, I Love You (Movie Tie-In Edition), by Cecelia Ahern
Holly’s husband, Gerry, died from a brain tumor. Later she receives a packet of 10 envelopes, mailed by Gerry before his death, to be opened during each of the upcoming months. The envelopes contain a lists of things Holly should do to help her get through the upcoming year. P.S. I Love You, starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler in now available on DVD.
Tara Road, by Maeve Binchey
Extraordinary things happen with a woman from Dublin and a woman from New England switch houses for the summer and live lifestyles totally different from what they are used to. An Oprah pick and a book club favorite.
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, by Elizabeth Buchan
When her marriage of twenty-five years ends and her career falls apart, Londoner Rose Lloyd picks up the pieces and moves on.
Highland Fling, by Katie Fforde
After breaking up with her boyfriend, financial assistant Jenny Porter takes a business trip to Scotland where she works wonders in saving a troubled textile mill and helps sort out other problems in the community.
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
This funny, funny novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl in her mid-thirties, on a quest to improve herself and find love. Also on DVD. Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition) starring Rene Zellwegger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant.
Anybody Out There?, by Marian Keyes
Anna Walsh, one of the five Walsh sisters in Marian Keyes’s novels, left her New York life to recuperate in her parents Dublin cottage after being badly injured. She does not remember what happened and eventually returns to New York to find the answer. 2007 winner of the British Book Award for Popular Fiction.
Sheltering Rain, by Jojo Moyes
Three generations of women finally are reunited in the Irish countryside to face the problems causing decades long estrangement and separation.
The Reading Group: A Novel , by Elizabeth Noble
Readers will readily relate to the five women of different ages and different backgrounds who gather together to discuss books each week. Over the course of the year they read twelve novels and their lives become intertwined.
Starburst: A Novel, by Robin Pilcher
The Edinburgh International Festival is the background for this novel by Pilcher. The lives of a violinist, a commedienne, a reformed criminal, and a cinematographer, among others, become intertwined over this three week period.
Winter Solstice, by Rosemunde Pilcher
Five very different people, from teenagers to mid-sixties, come together to confront different issues in their lives. Another great read from Pilcher, a women’s favorite.
Friday Nights: A Novel, by Joanna Trollope
In this latest book by Trollope, a Friday night tradition begins and continues after
Eleanor, a lonely retiree, invites a group on neighbors into her home for food and companionship. For those readers who enjoy novels about female friendships.
Echoes of the Dance, by Marcia Willett
Kate Webster (a favorite character from two previous novels), now a newly widowed grandmother living in Cornwall is featured in this latest of Willett’s works. With multiple story lines, Kate tries to help solve as many problems as she can., including her own. A good Pilcher author readalike.
, by Cecelia Ahern
, starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler in now available on DVD.
, by Maeve Binchey
, by Elizabeth Buchan
, by Katie Fforde
, by Helen Fielding
starring Rene Zellwegger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant.
, by Marian Keyes
, by Jojo Moyes
, by Elizabeth Noble
, by Robin Pilcher
, by Rosemunde Pilcher
, by Joanna Trollope
, by Marcia Willett
