18 books like The Sea For Breakfast

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I'll Cry Tomorrow Lillian Roth · 1954 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate ***THE GREAT BESTSELLER OF THIS CENTURY! The brutally frank story!*** Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Katie, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic. ***An awe inspiring… Shares Story, Book, Stories, Adult

Landfall, a channel story Nevil Shute · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate ***Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter.*** Jerry is a flying officer in the RAF. At the hotel which is the hangout for officers he sees Mona. She has taken the job of barmaid at the Royal Clarence because it is more exciting than anything else she can find to do.… Shares Story, Book, Classic, Adult

The Bastard John Jakes · 1974 · ★ 4.4 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate ***“Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman,*** Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experience. Through his struggles, his passions, his loves, and his courage, ***we share the wondrous adventure which became our America!”*** Shares Story, Book, Classic, Adult

Smiley's People John le Carré · 1979 · ★ 4.5 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate ***John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage*** with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, **British Secret Service Agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.** **In Smiley’s People, master storyteller John le Carré brings his acclaimed Karla trilogy to its unforgettable,… Shares Story, Book, Stories, British

Tilly Catherine Cookson · 1980 · ★ 4.3 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate ***In early Victorian times, Tilly Trotter goes from a lowly cottage on the edge of the Sopwith estate, through suspicion of witchcraft and personal disillusionment, to fulfillment of a prophecy that she would come into her own.*** Shares Story, Book, Classic, Adult

Except for me and thee Jessamyn West · 1949 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate **These further adventures of Jess and Eliza Birdwell, the beloved hero and heroine of *''The Friendly Persuasion,''* are cause for celebration to the millions who have met them in Jessamyn West's memorable book.** ***Here are those gallant Quakers, young and in love, meeting the challenges of nature and man as the growing family travels westward, then encountering the bitterness and savagery… Shares Story, Book, Adult, Literature

The Morning Watch James Agee · 1950 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate ***The Morning Watch explores the thoughts and feelings of 12-year-old Richard, a student at an unnamed Episcopal*** boarding school (based on Agee's schooling at St. Andrew's-Sewanee School in Sewanee, Tennessee), over the course of a few hours in the early morning of ***Good Friday in 1923***. ***Part I*** opens with Richard waking up to participate in the 4 AM shift of a nightlong prayer… Shares Classic, Stories, Adult, Literature

The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter · 1911 · ★ 4.2 · 516p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Author of ''A Girl of the Limberlost,'' Freckles, etc. ***The Harvester (1911) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist and his search for the love of his dreams, the Dream Girl.*** ***David Langston, the Harvester, lives in the woods and harvests medicinal herbs which he sells for a living.*** Suddenly he encounters ***Ruth Jameson***, the real… Shares Book, Classic, Adult, Literature

El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game Sidney Sheldon · 1905 · ★ 4.1 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate **One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions.** Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams.Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of… Shares Stories, Adult, Literature

The City Boy Herman Wouk · 1948 · ★ 3.0 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 'City Boy' spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven. Shares Classic, Stories, Adult, Literature

A Whale for the Killing Farley Mowat · 1972 · ★ 4.2 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Moderate ***In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.*** Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking… Shares Non-Fiction, Stories, Literature, Biography & Memoir

We Danced all Night Barbara Cartland · 1970 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The popular romance author recounts her experiences back in the 1920s, when life was carefree. Shares Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir

The A.B.C. Murders Agatha Christie · 1936 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans . . . Shares Classic, Stories, British, Literature

Little men Louisa May Alcott · 1885 · ★ 3.9 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.***--LibraryThing*** With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the… Shares Book, Classic, Stories, Literature

How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn · 1939 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Moderate **This is a story set in a south Wales coal mining valley and tells of a family striving to improve their lives through hard work, education and their non-conformist faith.** The main character is the youngest son, Huw Morgan and his life's journey through the difficulties associated with the mining industry and the awful risks involved in deep coal mining in the **mid nineteenth… Shares Classic, British, Literature

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

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