Martha Hutzel

If you like "Summer Sisters" by Judy Blume...

Hello!  If you enjoyed “Summer Sisters” by Judy Blume, these stories about women and friendship may appeal to you:


Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares

A story about a special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time. The young women find a pair of jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use the pants as a way of keeping in touch.

If You Like Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden ...

Posted - 03/22/2005 : 4:58:01 PM
You might enjoy some of these novels of Japan and China, most historical, many
concerning geishas, some by award winning authors, and one nonfiction
"classic" on geishas.

If You Like Saturday by Ian McEwan

If you liked Saturday, here are several titles you may also enjoy:

Atonement, also by Ian McEwan
The Kite Runner, by Khalid Hosseini
The Swallows of Kabul, by Khadra Yasmina
The Amber Photograph, by Penelope Stokes
The Hotel Alleluia, by Lucinda Roy
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Light on Snow, by Anita Shreve (actually, all of Anita Shreve's books are intense, contemporary and very readable).


Martha Hutzel
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If you like "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami...

If you like "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" then you may like these selections:

Bharati Mukherjee's entire collection:

Wife, Desirable Daughters, Leave It to Me, and The Holder of the World.
All are excellent reads, dealing with Indian immigrants to the US, what
they must go through to assimilate, or not, as the case may be, cultural
differences and mysteries. Desirable Daughters is her best as far as
place, character development and narrative.