I need some good books for vacation, ideas?

Question

Is A Prayer for Mimi a book? I think some one suggested that a long time ago but I am not sure if that is the exact title.

Answer 1

Keeping to topic, since this is garden section, here are some good reads in garden themes.
'Larry's Party' by Carol Shields,
'Elizabeth and Her German Garden' by Elizabeth Von Arnim, An expat Brit trying to grow a garden despite her teutonic gardener.
'Alice's Tulips' By Sandra Dallas. One of her historic novels and a favorite author. This and 'Mattie Spencer's Diary' are novels about rural American women. These are told with compassion and humor. More each story links in some way to the others and with quilting.
Nancy Atherton has an avid gardener as one of the protagonists. She is even the central sleuth in 'Aunt Dimity and the Duke'. These fall into the cozy murder category with low body counts.
John Sherwood has as his sleuth a noted botanists widow who is a good plantsman in her own right. For those who enjoy a little extra plant Latin, the story turns on knowledge of the plants.
'Quite a Year for Plums' by Bailey White. It is a collection of Southern personalities who dwell in intertwining short stories, each chapter strong enough to stand alone but like a garden, creating a series of interconnected rooms we wander through, admiring, learning from, and smiling with.
While we are in the South I should say I seem to find a strong preference for novels in this setting, and I have only visited Atlanta once, to see their orchid house in the Atlanta Botanic Garden.
'Sophie and the Rising Sun' by Augusta Trobaugh, set in Georgia, tells of Sophie and Mr. Oto. The town sees him as just the foreign gardener but Sophie sees a man of sense and dares to break the silence of "the beauty of words unspoken." Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Lets shift to a speculatively alternate universe with Sheri Tepper in 'The Family Tree' The future comes to the past to preserve the Gaian gestalt. The trees have come to talk to Dora. Think 'The Terminator' in green.
Back to the past we find 'Gardener to the King' by Frederic Richaud, It is August 1674 - Louis XIV is King of all France but Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is master of his own domain, the royal fruit and vegetable garden at Versailles. This is not a novel.
'The Ladies of Garrison Gardens', by Louise Schaffer, follows 'The Three Margaret’s' & brings us back to the South and an unexplained death that only the three matriarchal Margarets can resolve.
Susan Albert, 'Bloodroot', 'Lavender Lies', 'Chile Death'
Margery Allingham, 'Sweet Danger' This is for those who like the British sleuth, Albert Campion.
Reginald Arkell, 'Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden' Pinnegar has retired and reflects on his life working on the manor's garden.
Carrie Brown, 'Rose's Garden' This is about loss of a loved one and the faith it takes to survive.
Robin Chotzinoff, 'People with Dirty Hands' Essays about people with good hearts and healthy plants.
Katie Fforde, 'Wild Design’s' Romance in the garden
Laurie Graham, 'The Great Husband Hunt' Comedy about the life of a bohemian daughter rebelling against social climbing mother.
Margaret Horsfield, 'Cougar Annie’s Garden' Biography
Jeanne Ray, 'Julie and Romeo' Sweet romance in the florist shoppe
Dorothy Sayers, 'Busman's Honeymoon' Lord & Lady Whimsey find another body.
Norman Thelwell, 'Up the Garden Path: Thelwell's Guide to Gardening' & 'A Plank Bridge by Pool' Biography
Beverly Nichols 'Merry Hall' A man with a wit to match Shaw or Wilde telling about his life and garden. If you like this he wrote several more about village life and gardening.

Answer 2

I've never heard of "A Prayer for Mimi." I do suggest reading Paullina Simons's "The Bronze Horseman." It's a story set in Stalin Russia, where two lovers do their best to suppress their love for one another while still having to maintain daily contact. There is a sequel that has yet to be released in the U.S. called "Bridge To Holy Cross."

Answer 3

Hi
If the amish sounds interesting to you try The Bishops Daughter lets you know about amish life.Some romance also

Answer 4

Try reading Stuart Woods novel book on Stone Barrington.
It a turn-paging novel you will love it so much if not you can come and knock on my door.

Answer 5

Deathly Hallows of course.

Answer 6

anything danielle steele

Answer 7

harry potter. no really.