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items I can read these books over and over and not get tired of them. Each book is a page turner and will trigger all the emotions
This was such a beautifully written book. Everything that Chiyo went through to become Sayuri was both mesmerizing and heartbreaking at the same time. I highly recommend this book
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Paperback
Flowers in the attic is hands down, a classic! The story of the Dollanganger siblings and how they came to be the "flowers in the attic" is twisted and crazy and the many gasps I gusped while reading this book had me flying through the pages
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
I watched the movie first, but like almost all books, the lovely bones had so much more detail. The world's she travels to are beautiful and the reality she watches of the aftermath of what happened is heartbreaking, infuriating, and terrifying. I sa...
The Lovely Bones: Sebold, Alice: 9780316044936
Petals in the wind is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The siblings have freed themselves from Foxworth Hall and are trying to live a normal life in the outside world. The siblings love/obsession makes for an interesting think about trauma...
Petals on the Wind|Paperback
This follows the two oldest, now adults with children of their own. It is the 3rd book in the Dollanganger series and a real page turner. When the mother returns and reconnects with the family it's not as endearing as you would think
If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger Series #3)|Paperback
The Kitchen God's Wife is such a great read. Amy Tan is one of my favorite authors. She has a way of weaving her stories so that they are heartwrenching, emotional, and elegant all in one book. The Kitchen God's wife is one of those books.
The Kitchen God's Wife: A Novel