Trying to find a good book for her for Christmas. Any ideas? Who is a good author?
2006-12-13 01:47:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sounds like my mom! :-)
Does she have any dream vacations spots in the world? Maybe get her a travel guide, cookbook, and nonfiction book about that place and wrap it in a suitcase with some simple foods from that place.
The Christian bookstores do have some really nice fiction about women in the Bible. "The Red Tent" was good. I don't recall the author, but there are several books like that to choose from.
Orson Scott Card wrote some books about biblical personalities that were really nice.
2006-12-13 02:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by Claire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm getting my mom Mitch Albom's new book, Just One More Day, and the new John Grisham book, The Innocent Man. Of course, after she gets done I'm stealingthem and reading them myself! If she hasn't read them, a nice hardback classic such as a Jane Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare, Twain, or Dumas book, or To Kill a Mockingbird would be a nice gift.
2006-12-13 06:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by Whitney K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fannie Flagg writes some good books. She is the author of
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" but there are many of her books that have a sweet, simple life storyline to them. Another good one is "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven"
2006-12-13 02:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what kind of books she likes, romances, history, SF, mystery? There are great book in every subject, look in amazon they have a good selection . This is the selection of the NYT for 2006
The 10 Best Books of 2006; A Profile of Helen Vendler
1. In Sunday's Book Review: The 10 Best Books of 2006; A
Profile of Helen Vendler
2. Also Reviewed This Week: Alice Munro, Alain de Botton and
Others
3. Essay: A Youthful Intoxication
4. New in Stores: 'Theories of Everything,' by Roz Chast
5. In the News: A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the
Airport
6. New on the Best-Seller List: 'Next,' by Michael Crichton
7. Readers' Opinions: 'All Aunt Hagar's Children,' by Edward
P. Jones
Amazon's list you can see at their site.
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"Suite Francaise"
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"The Omnivore's Dilemma"
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"The Thirteenth Tale"
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"Sharp Objects"
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2006-12-13 01:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by Josephine 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
My mom recommends the Mitford books by Jan Karon. There are six books altogether.
http://www.mitfordbooks.com/
If she likes historical fiction I would recommend Eugenia Price, Grace Livingston Hill, L.M. Montgomery, and Janette Oke.
2006-12-13 03:05:49 · answer #5 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth Peters writes in a very proper style and doesn't use bad language or nudity in any of her books.
2006-12-13 01:57:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Chicken Soup for the Soul books. My mom loves them.
2006-12-13 02:41:42 · answer #7 · answered by Becca24 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well does she like to cook, if she does then you could get her a cook book.
Ask her what she needs and right some of the stuff down because a lot of older people like stuff they need and not so much stuff they just want.
2006-12-13 01:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by xochelsxo16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go on line to Books by you, you can personalize her book with her name appearing in the book, and yours or another as well...Cost about 35.00, and they are really unique--Romance, Drama, Fantasy etc... My grandmother was an avid reader and always enjoyed Danielle Steele...
2006-12-13 02:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by momof3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you've really narrowed it down without nudity or profanity, what WOULD be a good gift for a 63 y/o woman? hmmm
2006-12-13 01:54:54 · answer #10 · answered by Lane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋