Christmas And My Mother

[racoony]

My mother is 87 and has read all the classic works of fiction by Dickens,Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy etc.Can anyone recommend a book I could buy her for Christmas.Any ideas are much appreciated.

[Tilly2]

Anything by Kate Atkinson.

[racoony]

Thanks Tilly 2.I will invertigate.

[viv41]

Does she only like classics ?

[quizbag]

If she likes historical fiction you can't go far wrong with Sharon Penman or Margaret George.

[Prudie]

My mother in her 80s was also very well read in the classics but she absolutely loved the Harry Potter books!

[racoony]

She likes classics because she likes a good story, not sure about historical fiction, I will check.

[Jackdaw33]

For historical fiction you can't beat Jean Plaidy, if she is still in print.

[Tuvok]

Terry Pratchett

[Jennykenny]

Absolutely loved Vanity Fair.
And if she enjoys it, you could get it on DVD as a follow up - not the film with Reece Witherspoon, but the series on tv (BBC?) Andrew Davies. Excellent.

[viv41]

Has she read Jane Eyre or Anna Karenina ?

[MallyJ]

Cold Comport Farm .... so much fun and a classic ......

[MallyJ]

Comfort....... can't type!!

[Tilly2]

I love that book, Mallyj. Dark humour.

[MallyJ]

Fabulous isn't it Tilly2 ? Only book I have reread loads of times.... makes me chuckle still.

[pastafreak]

Anything by the Brontes. I particularly liked Villette by Charlotte Bronte...said to be better than Jane Eyre. I adored it.

[Rosetta]

If you want to stick with the classics how about Daphne du Maurier or John Buchan

[jourdain2]

So many wonderful books - I'll think a bit.

[jourdain2]

Back again - anything by Georgette Heyer. Intelligently written historical romances - very careful research. I love them, my daughters have caught onto them. I assume she's read Austen.

Too modern might not be comfortable, hope this helps a bit. If anything else comes to mind I will be back.

[janbee]

Life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Many of the things and people mentioned therein, she'll recognise even although it's American.

[mikey4444]

Would your Mum like P G Wodehouse ?

I have just started re-reading all the Blandings books and I am laughing as much now as I did 30 years ago, when I first read them !