November 19, 2019

5 Of Jojo Moyes’ Favorite Books Where Women Transform Other Women’s Lives

The author of “The Giver of Stars” shared five books with us.

Story By: JoJo Moyes

5 Of Jojo Moyes’ Favorite Books Where Women Transform Other Women’s Lives

The author of “The Giver of Stars” shared five books with us. Story By: JoJo Moyes

National Velvet by Enid Bagnold

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Velvet Brown has an impossible dream: to ride the Grand National, Britain’s toughest horse race. Her mother, who was once a cross-Channel swimmer, stands up to her husband and uses her own prize money to give her daughter her chance. Mothers and daughters are usually problematic in fiction and I love the way this mother facilitates her daughter’s dream.

Emma by Jane Austen

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Emma Woodhouse fancies herself as a matchmaker and decides to take her new friend Harriet Smith under her wing. Her attempts to find Harriet a suitable husband are well-meant but will ultimately alter the course of both their lives, especially when Emma realizes that Mr. Knightley, the man Harriet thinks she’s fallen for, is the man Emma herself is in love with.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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Celie, a poor and abused young black woman, is married off to Mister and discovers that he has a long-term mistress, Shug Avery. A lesser writer would have had these women as each other’s enemies, but it is Shug who stops Mister beating Celie.

And it’s through her love for Shug that Celie is first emboldened, and then empowered, to take charge of her own life and be reunited with her lost sister.

Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

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Elena Ferrante’s novels are the first time I have really seen the complexities of a long, close, female friendship represented in print. You are locked into the world of these two women and a friendship that lasts from childhood through adulthood, which manages to combine love, admiration, envy, and hatred, often all at the same time.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

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This is the story of the 1920s friendship of two women in Alabama—the impossibly brave tomboy, Idgie, and Ruth—told in the modern day to a third woman, Evelyn Couch, whose rather downtrodden and unhappy life is altered forever by the stories she hears, and by the kindness of the woman telling them.

This is a story of deep love between women, and of how we can be inspired by other women.

"Such a treat to get lost in — full of glamorous settings, posh parties, and the kind of lavish lifestyles that feel like stepping into another world." 🥂✨

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"I’ve read (and watched) Pride and Prejudice more times than I could count, so I went into this with high expectations. Fans of the original will delight in this one which essentially takes the story and updates it with celebrities, influencers, Hollywood and a tiny town in Australia." ✨

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"I always had the sensation of being very small in a world that was humming with life and filled with mysteries... This idea of parallel or mirror worlds — servants and masters, locals and foreigners, the living jungle and the civilized houses — filled me with curiosity."

Escape into The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo for a taste of adventure this morning ✨
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