I need some happy books (my father just died). Suggestions?
I need some happy books (my father just died). Suggestions?
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I need some happy books (my father just died). Suggestions?
What kind of genre are you into?
Historical fiction
Also mysteries, popular fiction, Christian fiction, classics
Hm not familiar but maybe something like the book thief or a tale of two cities I’m into romance I wish I could help more
@Lisa thanks!
My messenger is always open!
@Lisa Thanks!
So sorry for your loss. I used to think Tom Robbins was funny.
Thanks! I’ll check him out.
@Gina Been years since I read him but I liked Jitterbug Perfume
So sorry for your loss.
Thank you!
I’m really sorry for your loss.
If you would like to pm me your email address, I’ll send you a kindle copy of one of my poetry books – it deals with grief and other challenges, and it might help.
Thank you so much!
I am so sorry.
Thank you!
Riding with the Queen of the Tribes
Thanks!
Sorry for your loss, Gina.
Thank you!
I’m sorry. I know this book is aimed for younger people but Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin is a heartfelt book
Thank you! My daughter may have this book.
Of course. I still read it between books every now and then when I’m feeling down
Gina, let me suggest some Florida fiction…usually these contain a healthy dose of humor and you always feel like you’re hanging out at the beach!
I’d recommend anything by Carl Hiaasen. Dave Barry is also fun. And both Randy Wayne White and John D MacDonald can’t be beat.
Tim Dorsey is another good author. And Elmore Leonard (not necessarily Florida,but a truly awesome author anyway).
Thank you! I wouldn’t have thought of these. Great idea!
Janet Evanovich
Oh yes, my SIL loves her books. Thanks!
So sorry for your loss – hugs!
Thanks so much!
So sorry for your loss…sending prayers….
Thank you! They’re much appreciated.
Debbie MaComber
I forgot about her. Thanks!
@Gina Her later books not the ones early in her writing career.
So sorry to hear this. Hugs
Thanks!
Firstly I’m very sorry about the death of your father…
My mother @Jacquie
Writes funny Western historical romance.
The Mitford Series
Jan Karon is the author of the Mitford Series.
So sorry you lost him.
Rupi kaur – milk and honey. They are very short poems. But it has 4 sections. The hurting, the loving, the breaking, the healing
Sorry, for your loss.
Why don’t you try, Paulo Coelho’s, “The Alchemist” ?
Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss ?
I know how you feel. I lost my mom on Friday. So sorry for your loss.
Thanks
So sorry for your families loss. Prayers sent your way during this time of sorrow.
Thanks
So sorry for your loss
So sorry for your families loss.
Sorry for ur loss. I read HP when i m upset…. they cheer me up.
Oh, I’m so sorry. ?. Maybe some Sophie Kinsella.
Oh ?
Sorry for your loss ?
Sorry for you.
Sorry for your loss @Gina
I lost my Dad in March. Today was rough. I’ve started several books, just can’t concentrate.
You should try some Christopher Moore or maybe Good Omens.
Unbearable pain and loss!
So sorry.
Watership Down
sorry for your loss, can understand how it feels ??
Jan Karon’s Mitford Series
Sorry for your loss x
Sorry for your loss Xxx
Worth it be sm shade and cm Owens
I’m so sorry for your loss!
Recommendtion: Anna of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
I don’t know if your religious or not but I just picked up a book called “ Jesus is calling comfort” neat short sayings.
So sorry for your loss
I am so very sorry!
Terry Pratchett, Mort may help you…
So very sorry….prayers for you and your family.
So sorry , wishing you the best.
I am so sorry for your loss. I have lost both of my parents, and can tell you this is not an easy path. Take the time you need to grieve. Allow yourself to do so. My prayers are with you.
my condolences and prayers to you and family
Sorry for your loss.
happy books, i really enjoyed the faeriewalker series by Jenna Black. it’s light reading
I am sorry. I like the simple beach stories when I want to escape into joy.
Confessions of a shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
Anything by Sophie Kinsella actually
And I’m sorry for your loss ?
So sorry for your loss
I’m so sorry for your loss. My mom passed away two months ago and I appreciate your post, could use some happy books too. Thanks for that.
So very sorry for your loss!
So sorry-think of it as he is waiting for you when your time comes.
I’m so very sorry
Around the world in 80 men of you need a laugh. I am sorry for your loss.
The loss of a father does leave a crater in our hearts. I send my sympathy to you and recommend A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
Light Love and Prayers to you
I am so sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss
Big hug to you.
I am so sorry.
Sorry for the loss. This deals with loss, but also it is a humorous story too. It is Elvis Takes A Backseat by Leanna Ellis.
Two I always recommend: Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt and Stella Gibbons’s Cold Comfort Farm. Alan Bennet’s The Lady in the Van is also a delight. You want something like these—far off the beaten path.
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops.
So sorry for your loss.
If you like romance, I’ve written a couple of romantic comedies. Unintended and Uncharted are the titles.
I’m so sorry. Dads are so special.
I’m so sorry… I lost mine last October so I know how you feel…
So sorry for your losses . . .
So sorry to hear. You should read Soul Proof. Very interesting for those of us grieving.
That’s sad, my condolences. Well, perhaps a thoughtful book of Bill Bryson’s, “A Walk in the Woods”, would take your mind to a more positive place.
im so sorry for your loss. please, please trust me and read one of these or all of these, even if you for some reason are hesitant – i think they will really help, and they have nothing to do with death or anything, they are just the perfect kind of thing to read when you are going through something… basically anything about the moomins by tove jansson. Comet in Moominland, Moominsummer Madness, Moominpappa at Sea, November in Moominvalley, et al. 🙂
So sorry, Happy books I don’t know, Janet Evanovich, the Stephanie plum series books are funny though.
Lol I just said the same…GMTA
I’m so sorry for your loss
I am sorry for your loss. Condolences to your family.
If you want a chuckle, Janet Evanovich’s #’s series is laugh out loud funny. Start with “1 for the Money”. She’s up to 25 so you have a lot of laughs if you read all of them.
Various Pets Alive and Dead by Marina Lewycka.
Sorry for your loss. @Jacquie writes books with humor, not an easy thing to pull off. She has a lot of them– https://www.amazon.com/Jacquie-Rogers/e/B002BM1XO2
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I am sorry for your loss take time to heal and be very kind to yourself.
I am so sorry. I reread To Kill a Mockingbird when my father died; it was a way to remember what a wonderful father he had been to me. Hugs.
Sourdough is nice. My mom just died . I find Frog And Toad soothing.
Try this: Jesus, My Father, The CIA and Me by Ian Morgan Cron…
My your father rest in peace. A book that might help, A Confederacy of Dunes. Or you can always read the stories of Damon Runyon.
Awww I’m sorry for your loss…
Sorry for your loss??
Read osho for a short time.my condolece
So sorry!
May his soul rest in peace. You can try Thanks Jeeves.. It’s a good read.
So sorry for your loss.