My friend told me about a book that he described as a "summer romance" type of story, with a Jewish couple, and the girl had gotten plastic surgery on her nose. He was pretty sure it was by a Jewish author.
thanks in advance :)

I read this book either for a high school or college class. The narrator was now an adult telling the story of losing her mother at the age of 12. She grew up in Hawaii and had two younger siblings and an adopted Japanese brother her own age that had been rescued from Hiroshima or something. I think the narrator's name was Lily. There was a ( Read more... )

lately i've been reclaiming memories of books i read when i was younger ( Read more... )

i'm trying to recall a book i saw in a book store (fnac) recently that i want to find again, but i cannot remember the title or author ( Read more... )

Trying to remember the title or author of a fantasy novel in which the Good Folk (sidhe,seelie what have you) hold a festival at the edge of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year. Which is all I can remember except that the protagonist was a musician who played a Taylor guitar,

Oh I'm so glad I stumbled onto this community because I've been wondering about this one book for a long time ( Read more... )

In ancient Greek historical record there is an orator who was a famous (or infamous) Democrat. According to some accounts his wife was very outspoken and unusually for women debated among men in her home. By some accounts she was a courtesan. What was her name ( Read more... )

My sister was trying to find this book online earlier with no luck. It's bugging both of us. Hopefully someone here can help ( Read more... )

Right, so I have a book I remember reading years and years ago that I got from my childhood. I am absolutely desperate to find it, so if anyone one could help me, I would love you so much. It's a pretty long description, because I remember everything about it - other than the title, author or character names! I'm pretty sure it was a female ( Read more... )

Does anyone know where the sentence/quotation/phrase came from that is structured as follows:

In which, x [verb], x [verb] and x [verb].

E.g.  A thrilling stage play was shown, in which I laughed, you cried and it was better than cats. (Worst example ever, I know!)

There are variations and they don't all follow the same order or formula. I feel like ( Read more... )