This week, we asked illustrator and author of the best-selling Irelandopedia Fatti Burke about the books that have stood out in her life…in the first edition of My Life in Books.
Book that reminds you of…Love
Brooklyn – Colm Tóibín
Book that reminds you of…Childhood
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (13 3/4) – Sue Townsend
Book that reminds you of…Adulthood
‘Tis – Frank McCourt
Book that reminds you of…School
About A Boy – Nick Hornby
Book that reminds you of…Regrets
Not That Kind of Girl – Lena Dunham
Book that reminds you of…Growing Older
Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer
Book that reminds you of…Change
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
Book that reminds you of…Heartbreak
High Fidelity – Nick Hornby (oops! two Hornbys on the list!)
Book that reminds you of…Pop Culture
Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
Book that reminds you of…Danger
It – Steven King (first book to make me scared to go to sleep)
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