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Old 05-23-2021, 05:43 PM   #1
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I’m not sure how to label the genre I’m looking for….
Cozy, easy, gentle fiction without being a “cozy mystery” or “Christian fiction”.

I’m looking for something similar to Cranford by Gaskell, but not necessarily a classic…but a book that steps you into a little town or village or family and gives you the tour, without a ton of drama but a bit of a plot is good, and more focus on characters than events.

For reference, my top 5 books are

5. The Forgotten Garden
4. Christy by Catherine Marshall
3. I Capture the Castle
2. North and South
1. War and Peace

Any suggestions are very much welcome.
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Old 05-23-2021, 06:15 PM   #2
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Have you tried the Mitford novels by Jan Karon?
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Old 05-23-2021, 06:42 PM   #3
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You might want to try R.K. Narayan's Malgudi stories, they definitely "step you into a little town or village and give the tour". Very atmospheric
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I'd like to know how War and Peace can be called relaxing.
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I highly recommend The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman. It's a very relaxing read.

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After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.

Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
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I'd like to know how War and Peace can be called relaxing.
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Have you tried the Mitford novels by Jan Karon?
I read a sample, but it’s just a little to biblical for my taste. But thank you for the suggestion!!
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I'd like to know how War and Peace can be called relaxing.
Haha!! Yes, it’s a little weird. But I took my time with it, a chapter or two a day. It took me about a year to read. I mainly loved it because of the character development. I had never been so completely drawn into a story and place.
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Thanks! I’ll check it out now!
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I highly recommend The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman. It's a very relaxing read.
Ooh... Thank you! And thanks for including the synopsis.
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Ooh... Thank you! And thanks for including the synopsis.
It is an excellent book. I really enjoyed it.
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