Summer Reading Help

Cafe Society
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My mother wants a book that fits the following guidelines for our vacation this summer:
[ul]
[li]novel[/li][li]fun, but adds meaning to life rather than detracting[/li][li]uplifting, without being overly deep[/li][li]not big print[/li][li]Smaller than Hawaii, larger than Tuesdays with Morrie[/li][/ul]

And she has already read Life of Pi - which was my first idea.

I’m going to go harass some poor book clerk with this list - any thoughts from the ever so together Teeming Millions?

2

The Mammoth Cheese. I haven’t read it, but I want to.

3

You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon

4

I just read, and really liked, The Eyre Affair…but I’m not sure I’d go so far as to say that it “adds meaning to life”

5

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time might fit the bill. It was funny, poignant and weirdly fascinating. Best book I read last year.