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SheilaT

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18. Oh, yes. I'd temporarily forgotten about those.

Reply to raccoon (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:17 PM

Jul 2012

What I like best about them is that they were written long enough ago that the author was enough closer in time that she probably spoke to any number of people who were around not long after the Civil War. There's an authenticity that rings through those books, the kind that I think comes from personal experience. Or, more likely, reports of personal experience.

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Needed: Title & author of your favorite family saga. I have an idea for a family [View all] Nay Jun 2012 OP

Define "family saga?" mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #1

Sorry, it is a broad category -- but yes, "Pillars of the Earth" would be a good example. I loved Nay Jun 2012 #3

I have only read a few family sagas that I enjoyed. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #2

It's been years since I read "A Woman of Substance," but I remember truly enjoying it. It fits Nay Jun 2012 #4

I never considered family sagas to be "beach books" Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #5

Forsyte Saga Mz Pip Jun 2012 #6

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg... Little Star Jun 2012 #7

That was excellent, all right. The movie came out good, too. Nay Jun 2012 #8

One of my favorite from years ago was "The Whiteoaks of Jalna" by Mazo dela Roche Rowdyboy Jun 2012 #9

Take a look at the Town House series by Norah Lofts. SheilaT Jun 2012 #10

These sound really interesting TuxedoKat Jul 2012 #16

R.F. Delderfield wrote several good ones. nt raccoon Jun 2012 #11

Gwen Bristow: Deep Summer, The Handsome Road, This Side of Glory ( a trilogy). raccoon Jun 2012 #12

Oh, yes. I'd temporarily forgotten about those. SheilaT Jul 2012 #18

Thanks so much, everyone! I have gotten some excellent suggestions for books I've never even Nay Jun 2012 #13

The first great modern one is a worthy exemplar - Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga. nt dmallind Jun 2012 #14

Here are a few TuxedoKat Jul 2012 #15

Yes, I remember reading a number of Howatch's books and liking them -- I'll have to reread Nay Jul 2012 #17