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18202138 No.18202138 [Reply] [Original]

My dad unironically only reads feel-good novels marketed for ladies with mid-life crises. The plot is always that a woman in her thirties leaves her boring man, moves to France to bake croissants or start a winery or whatever, experiences hardship and comes out happier and more independent in the end.

He has tried reading more serious literature, but he can't handle reading stories with sad elements. He knows that the books he's reading are trash and hopelessly predictable, but it is the only thing he can handle.

Any books I can recommend to him that are basically only uplifting and positive, without also being trash at the same time?

>> No.18202146

>>18202138
Maybe your father wants to leave your mother moves to France to bake croissants or start a winery or whatever, experiences hardship and comes out happier and more independent in the end.

>> No.18202187

>>18202146
Yeah we joke around and say exactly that at the dinner table. He loves the idea of France so if you have any recommendations on books taking place there I would be happy to hear it.

>> No.18202195

>>18202187
I live in France and it's shithole anon, tell him that

>> No.18202218

>>18202195
He's been there several times so he knows what it smells like in real life. But like I said earlier, he is not in love with France but rather the idea of France.

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>>18202138

>> No.18202236

>>18202187
Serotonin by Houllebecq

May cause him to kill himself though.

>> No.18202288
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YMMV

>> No.18202302

>>18202232
Is the eye supposed to be sorta shaped like the USA, or is that just me?

>> No.18202314

>>18202138
These sound great, does your dad have any more recs?

>> No.18202319

>>18202288
Does anyone have a larger version of this chart?

>> No.18202328

>>18202236
Seconding this, really inspiring, feel-good book for old-timers.

>>18202288
Anyone have the full res?

>> No.18202343

>>18202288
Finally, a comfy chart for ants

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>>18202319
>>18202328
>>18202343
Found a larger one

>> No.18202371

>France
>>18202218
>he knows what it smells like in real life.

kek

>> No.18202387

>>18202355
Thank you!

>> No.18202459

>>18202138
Kurt Vonnegut, notably God Bless You Mr Rosewater

>> No.18202467

>>18202302
Rent free

>> No.18202475

>>18202138
No author worth a lick has written uplifting stories. On the topic of France, maybe The Sun Also Rises or The Tropic of Cancer, but they're not exactly uplifting

>> No.18202493

>>18202475
Shakespeare

>> No.18203044

>>18202138
>moves to France to bake croissants or start a winery or whatever
incredibly based

>> No.18203419

God I wish my wife would leave me

>> No.18203449

>>18202138
that's pretty based. reminds me of terry crews playing Chris' dad in Everybody Hates Chris, who really loved Oprah and tv series directed at housewives

>> No.18203460

>>18202387
hey bruv, i think your dad will enjoy Chocolate if he hasnt read it already. i watched the movie based on it, and although cheesy and chick-lit like the book must be, it was comfy and nice

>> No.18203510

>>18202187
Make him read some Proust or Flaubert.