Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Vintage;1998, 171 pages The first book of Jeanette Winterson, this is a semi-autobiographical novel about her growing up years in …

Tales From a Broad: An Unreliable Memoir by Fran Lebowitz

Bantam (2004) At some point in our lives, we meet her. She talks loud enough for you to wince everytime …

Eucalyptus by Murray Bail

Harvest Book, 1998, 255 pages   A story of old fashioned medieval type courtship that’s as magical and simple as …

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

Harper Perennial (May 8, 2001), 224 pages A friend recommended this long long ago but just because I thought the …

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 1, 1998), 336 pages May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. I caught a …

The Debutante Divorcee by Plum Sykes

Miramax; 2006, 256 pages The justifiable reason why girls indulge in “chick lit” (chic literature if there is such a …

Don’t Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining by Judge Judy Sheindlin (with Josh Getlin)

Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 19, 1997), 256 pages So just as I was about to condemn all books that …

When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home by Erma Bombeck

HarperTorch; Reissue edition (November 15, 1992), 288 pages I never seem to learn my lesson. A catchy title almost always …