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Recommend a book for me, please

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Something fiction, preferably available on Kindle, and I think I'm in the mood for something sad.  I don't feel like anything historical, and I think I'd like a female protagonist.

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 Thanks. 

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  • Lambie.Lambie. member
    I really enjoyed Jodi Picoult's Change of Heart.
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    its kinda historical-the main character is loosly based on a female figure from history. Sad and female empowering-one of my fav books

    The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

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  • greenclowngreenclown member
    Lambie, I have that as an audio book (for when I'm knitting).  I'll look at that, Gia.
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    Oh, wait.  I lied.  That's the audio book I have, Fred (the new one).  I've read all of Jodi Picoult's book despite the fact that every time I read one, I say it's the last one.

    Gia, am I going to lost with that book if I know nothing about the Bible and don't believe in any god?

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    Things I want my Daughters to Know - Elizabeth Noble

     

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  • caffinated_tulipcaffinated_tulip member

    Anything by Christopher Moore makes me LOL, it's easy reading.

    I just finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,  and it was amazing, long, but every page was worth it.

    Mists of Avalon is one of my favorite books of all time, a retelling of the Arthurian legend from the Women's perspectives. It's really amazing.

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  • Mrs.EmmaLouiseMrs.EmmaLouise member

    'A Piece of Cake' by Cupcake Brown.

    It fits all your requirements.  Female lead, sad (very sad, but has a nice ending), and is on the kindle. 

    ETA: I just remembered the lady has two abortions in the book.... so might be a difficult read for some. 

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  • Melaneigh1Melaneigh1 member

    Bastard Out of Carolina

    The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

    Both semi-sad (though BOC has it's very funny moments)

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    I really enjoyed Gap Creek by Robert Morgan (Oprah's Book Club). It's such a great story. So great, I've read it 4 times!
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  • erinmserinms member

    Time Traveler's Wife

    The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald

    Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

    Those are 3 of my very favorite books ever, and they are all sad (in parts) and have female protagonists. 

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    I really enjoyed "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. The protagonist is a female, and the story is both sad and uplifting.
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    Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.  Kind of a sad and F'd up topic.  Really unique and narrated by the female lead.
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  • Melaneigh1Melaneigh1 member

    imageSJKB0212:
    I really enjoyed "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. The protagonist is a female, and the story is both sad and uplifting.

    Oh yeah!  This would be a great one!  It's definitely long, and sad.  I actually really love this book.

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  • GBCKGBCK member

    I just started "annie's Ghost" which may fit the bill...

     (it's a *little* historical but...not really.

    https://www.amazon.com/Annies-Ghosts-Journey-Family-Secret/dp/B002KHMZEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269311252&sr=1-1

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  • Melaneigh1Melaneigh1 member
    Have you read Middlesex?  It doesn't fit firmly into the female protagonist category, but it's amazing.
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    Okay, one more suggestion and I'm done:  Sula by Toni Morrison.
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    imageizzourclue:
    Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.  Kind of a sad and F'd up topic.  Really unique and narrated by the female lead.

    OMG, I LOVED this book.  I've read a lot of these, but I'm bookmarking this thread.  I just downloaded the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  It doesn't fit my request, but I just remembered I have the Girl Who Played with Fire and I need to read the Dragon Tattoo one first.

    Fred, I will definitely get that book, too. 

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    imageMelaneigh:
    Have you read Middlesex?  It doesn't fit firmly into the female protagonist category, but it's amazing.

    Loved that one, too. 

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  • war_eaglewar_eagle
    Poisonwood Bible is one of my all-time favorites.
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  • AllThatGlitters101AllThatGlitters101 member

    Female protagonists...hmm.

    I really liked Addiction by Toni Jordan. It's different, but I really liked it.

    A popular one was the The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It's a Southern fiction read.

    Still Alice by Lisa Genova is an amazing, amazing book, but a tough read. It's beautiful though. You will cry. I tear up thinking about it, but wow, it was touching. 

    Loved The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, too.

    The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin was good as well. 

    My book blog (in siggy) might have something that sparks your interest. Happy reading! 

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  • hippotreehippotree member
    Another Wally Lamb book that's sad is The Hour I First Believed.  There are a couple of female lead characters though neither is really the protagonist.
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