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TR Readers' Advisory Overview

A series of Reader's Advisory lists prepared by the staff of the Trinity River campus of TCC

Chick Lit

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Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Even as Andy tests the waters of a new relationship, he finds himself drawn back to Jen, revisiting old texts and emails, trying to figure out what truly went wrong

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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life -- steady boyfriend, close family -- who has never been farther afield than her village. She takes a job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, now wheelchair-bound after a motorcycle accident. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

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Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding

A comedy on an Englishwoman's quest for self-improvement. Single and thirty-something Bridget diets, keeps tabs on her tobacco and alcohol consumption, visits the gym regularly, yet she still has problems finding the right man.

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PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Holly couldn't live without her husband Gerry, until the day she had to. When Gerry succumbs to a terminal illness and dies, 30-year-old Holly is set adrift, unable to pick up the pieces. But with the help of a series of letters her husband left her before he died and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, she learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover a world she never knew existed.