- Read this; you’ll feel better.
Bauhaus – Swing The Heartache: The BBC Sessions
What to recommend to a friend going through a bad breakup. There is always Eat, Pray, Love though it is not a guaranteed pleaser. I loved it until she went to India and there she lost me, I don’t know why but it became a different book for me. The book selection would also depend on how the breakup occurred, do you want to recommend a book about female friendships, or a silly romance novel or a travel book? I loved Lunch in Paris but the author meets her “Prince Charmant” so that is probably out of the question. I love sci-fi and Robert Jordan is one of my favorites, but when your heart is broken, do you really want to get into the battle of saving the world from the Dark One? I say forget the books and watch Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightley as Lizzie and I forget his name, but I love this Mister Darcy. I can watch it forever, it is so wonderful.
Recommending books to others
19 Friday Oct 2012
Posted in postaday, postaday2012
laurieanichols 
If she likes sci-fi, 2 great british authors : Terry Pratchett (any Discworld book) or Jasper Fforde (The Eyre Affair).
Chere Isabelle,
Merci beaucoup pour votre carte postale, ca m’a fais beaucoup de plaisir de la recevoir. Je pense a vous tous souvent et avec des tres bon souvenirs de nos jours passer chez vous. J’ai bien note les deux auteurs de sci-fi, Merci encore. Je vous embrasse tous tres fort. Bisous
Laurie
Il s’agit de SF vraiment très drôle (beaucoup de fans en GB, pas mal de fidèles en France).
Je lis ton blog régulièrement, j’ai quelque fois été tentée de laisser un commentaire mais c’est plus fort que moi, je ne peux m’empêcher de donner des conseils en matière de livres …
Nous pensons aussi souvent à vous.
Bises de tous
Matthew McFadyen. Watch him in Spooks (a British spy series). Fabulous.
BTW: Don’t recommend the film of P&P – recommend the book!
You are absolutely right about recommending the book. When I had been in the throes of heartache way back when, books were too much work to soothe the pain, I found that the visual was easier to take in.