Happy Galentine’s Day! Thanks to the wondrous character that is Leslie Knope, every February 13th is now a day to celebrate the wonderful ladies in our lives and I am completely on board with that.
To celebrate, I have asked five fabulous females whom I have the pleasure of knowing, to recommend a book for anyone looking for a new read. A big thank you to them for allowing me to continually plough their brains for blog and social media content. I love how varied this list is and why each of them has chosen their specific book; I won’t be too on the nose and make a comment about women being complex and…actually I will. Women are multi-faceted bad asses with complexities and nuances that are not reflected as much as they should be in mainstream media. Anyway, over to you, ladies… 1.The Girl You Left Behind, Jojo Moyes “This book is about a famous French painting that ties together two women who live decades apart. In 1916, Sophie (the subject of the painting), is helping her sister and brother at the family hotel but her husband has been taken to a prisoner of war camp and she’s determined to get back to him. Fast forward to 2006 and Liv Halson is given the painting as a gift before she begins a relationship with a new man. However, it turns out that he has been hired to retrieve the painting as it is believed to have been stolen during WWI. I found the story quite powerful and it has two really strong female characters, which I loved. Jojo Moyes’ style just pulls on your heart strings.” 2.Sad Girls, Lang Leav “Lang Leav is one of my favourite poets (seriously, any hopeless romantics reading this need to check out her Instagram) and this is her debut novel. It’s secrets and drama and tragedy all bubbling up around a bit of a twisted love story and I loved it!” 3.East Lynne, Ellen Wood “Originally a serial in a Victorian magazine, the book centres around aristocratic Lady Isabel who abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer. It’s the epitome of a Victorian Sensationalist novel, there is murder, betrayal, divorce, disguises and death and all this is set among a backdrop of stately homes and horse-and-carriages. It’s a long book but you feel like you are living in a Victorian soap and, quite honestly, who doesn’t want to be transported back in time and immerse themselves into the gossiping world of Victorian society?” 4.Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Jung Chang “It’s about three generations of women in China. Heart breaking, hopeful and just fucking beautiful. You should read it, it’s amazing!” 5.Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, Florence Given “The book is beautiful, filled with amazing artwork, strong female energy and empowering quotes that stay with you. This sassy self-help book teaches how to set boundaries and to stop people pleasing whilst challenging patriarchal outdated narratives. I love this book because I wish I could read I to my teenage self and would recommend it to everyone, even purely for the artwork!”
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