Category: Coming of Age
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine The unorthodox story of a French winemaker and his homosexual love affair with an angel. ❚ “One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his sorrows in his family’s vineyard when he stumbles upon an angel. Once he… Continue Reading “The Vintner’s Luck – Elizabeth Knox”
Category: Coming of Age, Faith & Religion, Fantasy, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Mthyical/folklore, NZ Book Awards, Philosophical, Psychological, Queer, Women's PrizeTags: Free Range Bookclub 2009, Kiwi Fiction, Ockham NZ Book Awards
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Buddha of Suburbia is a satirical coming-of-age story that deals with class, race, and identity. Haroon, is a first generation immigrant who begins a relationship with a woman named Eva who shares his interest in Buddhism. Eva encourages… Continue Reading “The Buddha of Suburbia – Hanif Kureishi”
Category: Art, Classic literature, Coming of Age, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Faith & Religion, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Humour, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Political, Psychological, Queer, Satire, UK authorTags: Free Range Bookclub 2009
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Ros In this 1891 book, a poor young woman discovers she may be descended from nobility and goes in search of a better life ❚ “Tess Durbeyfield is a complex character considered by some a hopeless victim and by… Continue Reading “Tess Of The D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Classic literature, Coming of Age, Faith & Religion, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Realist, UK authorTags: Free Range Bookclub 2009
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Vivien Kovacs is on a search to reveal the truth to the secrets kept from her by her timid Hungarian refugee parents ♥ “Two Jewish brothers are at the heart of this novel. One escapes Hungary prior to the war, marries… Continue Reading “The Clothes On Their Backs – Linda Grant”
Category: Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Holocaust fiction, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine This novel discusses who should be loved, and how. And how much. It describes how small things affect people’s behaviour and lives ♥ “The God of Small Things details the lives of fraternal twins Rahel and her brother… Continue Reading “The God Of Small Things – Arundhati Roy”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Indian fiction, Literary fiction, Political, PsychologicalTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Kahu Apirana is a 12-year-old Maori girl who wants to become the chief of her tribe, but must battle her great-grandfather to make herself heard. ♥ “Maori chief Koro Apirana is angered when his grandson’s wife gives birth… Continue Reading “The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera”
Category: Children's fiction, Coming of Age, Cultural, Environmental fiction, Family drama, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Mthyical/folklore, Māori Fiction, NZ Book AwardsTags: Free Range Bookclub 2008, Kiwi Fiction, Ockham NZ Book Awards
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel which chronicles the impact of an intersex gene on three generations of a Greek family. ♥ “Protagonist Calliope (Cal) Stephanides undertakes a rebirth as he comes to terms with his family’s history… Continue Reading “Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides”
Category: Coming of Age, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Immigrant story, Mthyical/folklore, Psychological, Pulitzer Prize, Queer, US fictionTags: Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKERTHON In the world of Mister Pip, reading Dickens represents salvation for a community ravaged by conflict. ⚈ “Lloyd Jones’s novel is set in a village on the Papua New Guinean island of Bougainville during the 1990s civil war. Jones covered it as… Continue Reading “Mister Pip – Lloyd Jones”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Everything is Illuminated is the transformation of the author’s own attempts to trace his Jewish-Ukrainian ancestry and the terrible truth about the fate of his extended family who stayed behind in the old country when the Nazis closed… Continue Reading “Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer”
Posted on April 24, 2007
by thefreerangebookclub
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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Scout Finch is the young daughter of an Alabama town’s principled lawyer, Atticus. She and her brother Jem learn about prejudice and upholding human dignity through the example of their father who has taken on the legal defence… Continue Reading “To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee”
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