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Autumnal Titles - what do you suggest?

11 years ago

In the What Are You Reading? thread, Bill mentions that he is looking at (and for) books linked with autumn. (Apologies to our Antipodean friends as I know you're just entering Spring.)

I thought it could be fun if we just listed what titles we knew that would check off the "Autumn" characteristics, whether it's in the title itself or in the content. (If the refs are actually in the book, plot-wise, then perhaps we could explain that in more detail if it's not obvious or not a widely read title.)

What do you think? Once we've exhausted autumn, then we could move on to other seasons (winter etc.) if it was really fun.

My contribution:

"Quarter in Autumn" by Barbara Pym.

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yoyobon_gw
11 years ago
SEPTEMBER by Rosamund Pilcher
annpan
11 years ago
Downunder readers of an Autumn title would pick

"An April Shroud" by Reginald Hill"!
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Merry, I read Michael Jenkins' A House in Flanders several years ago . . . and may have recommend it here. Well worth reading with his descriptions of the Aunts, the way of life and the surroundings. Although we think of Flanders as being in Belgium, in fact the 'house' was over the border in France. I was surprised that MJ was able to speak such good French, remembering what French lessons were like in England! I believe he went on to become a diplomat. yoyo, sorry I can't help you with your title. Was the book set in the US?
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yoyobon_gw
11 years ago
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You could try A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries by Tony Benn.
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