Is anyone able to recommend a book as good as this please?

Walking Apart by Catherine Finch
A book about a couple in their fifties, struggling with the prospect of finishing work.
The fine detail of their lives, the influence of their children and David's aged parents thread the narrative making it very real.
Would appeal to anyone who has worked in education, (Helen is a headteacher) and feels that the powers that be have lost the plot!

Book choice is so personal.
This thread has made me realise I'm an old stuckin the mud.
I currently read old my old favourites.
Plus some about my obsession with WW2. Currently Monty Hall's Escaping Hitler.
And a locally published book Tyneside in WW2 by Craig Armstrong.

I found a copy of A Man Called Ove on a riverbank in France with a message at the front about how the reader had enjoyed it. I read it, loved it, wrote my own message and I left it somewhere to be picked up. Should we do this more regularly?

I finished The Hearts Invisible Furies today and my heart is heavy. I miss Cyril already! I now have the unenviable task of finding a book anywhere near as good too!

I like books hy Susan Hill especially her recent Simon Serrailler series.

What a great idea GrandyC.

I read the Hearts Invisible Furies because of Alimer's post and miss Cyril too! I thought I'd look for something else written by John Boyne as I've never read him before. I hope all his books are as good!

I will look out for some of the suggestions on here, have read many of them and also loved ‘All the Light....” and Mike Gale books.

Am currently reading and loving ‘The Snow Child’ by Eowyn Ivey a 99p Kindle book, Richard & Judy bestseller.

Recent good reads ‘The Rules of Seeing’ by Joe Heap, ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn and ‘Song of the Exile’ Kiana Davenport (all cheap Kindle books at time of buying).

I bought a book in W H Smith called ‘Winter’ about four people meeting in an old house for Christmas. Can’t remember the author but it was nominated for several awards and is a bit different. I would recommend it if you can get it on offer ( I had a book token to spend). Don’t be put off by firsr chapter.

I bought A man called Ove because I read about it on this thread. I found it awful and couldn't finish it.
Its rare to find a good book but I will look at John Boyne on Amazon and get him on Kindle then I can remove him if I don’t like the style.
Did you know that with a Kindle you can return anybook within 10 days but they can tell if you've read it through or not.

The Heart’s Invisible Furies is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Not my first John Boyne, but certainly the best to date.
Currently reading ‘The American Wife’ by Curtis Sittenfield, and I can’t put it down. Didn’t expect to be so engaged by it.

I am now reading ‘In the Midst of Winter’ by Isabel Allende.
Less than half way through but am loving it - quite topical as it includes the story of an illegal immigrant’s journey from South America - a real eye opener.

"A Court of Thorns and Roses" - Gifted by a friend. Really liked it!
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I loved that one too, starbird, so much that I immediately downloaded Allende's 'The Japanese Lover' and enjoyed it too. She creates wonderful characters. My latest read has been Barbara Kingsolver's 'Unsheltered'. Kingsolver can do no wrong in my eyes.

Yes, nannypiano, I've been reading audio books (only on CD, can't manage the e-readers stuff), for years as I lost my ability to read text some time ago.

I've just finished, 'Breaking News' by Alan Rusbridger ex-editor of The Guardian; then Abbi Waxman's 'Garden of Small Beginnings' which is hilarious .
Both of which I recommend.

The narrator makes a world of difference and some act it out with real feeling, like David Rintoul reading the Douglas Reeman novels about the Royal Navy in wartime.

Others can spoil a really good story with a variety of quirks and the inability to stop posturing and simply read.

Sometimes I actually search a good narrator in our library's online catalogue and then judge whether the content of the book is one I'd enjoy.

I've gone back to Barbara Pym. Currently chuckling through 'Crampton Hodnet'. I love social comedies.

My recommendation is 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris. It is a wonderful story of temptation, questioned faith and a Grandma who wears scarlet underskirts and has a liking for scandalous poetry! The film of the book sucks in comparison haha!!

The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth Church, on a lighter note Moving by Jenny Eclair, anything by Kate Atkinson or Maggie O’Farrell, or the thriller Woman in the Window by M J Finn. To mention just a few.

I am a very avid reader 100+ per year
The best book I have ever read is a book called guilt by association Susan R Sloan. Has a bit of everything and anyone who I recommended it to has given it a 10.

My favourite reads of last year were
The lollipop shoes
The light between the Oceans
I Capture the Castle
Stratton’s War.

I have read quite a few in the Stratton series, they are Dective stories set during Worl Was II. She includes lots of domestic details, which bring the era to life.

I loved The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - interesting idea and got me booked in the very beginning and right to the end.

littleflo on your recommendation I've downloaded the first Stratton book. So far so very good!

I love Kingsolver too annodomini can’t wait for her latest to be affordable.

We loved A Place Called Winter. If you enjoyed The Hearts Invisible Furies you will love this. A similar theme but also totally different with masses of interest. Moves from England to Canada and partly based on true events. Strongly recommend. My dh thought it was even better than the one you mentioned but we did love the John Boyne as well.

I love Janet Macleod Trotter books, especially the ones about the author Catherine Cookson. My mam had read every book by Catherine Cookson and I just cannot get into them at all. Personal taste.

Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans is fairly light reading. I thought it was very funny. Her latest book is Old Baggage, which I haven't read yet, but it's on my list.

Girl with a Pearl Earring and Remarkable Creatures are also lovely books by Tracy Chevalier, based on real people and events.