I am 14 and I want to start giving gifts to my mom and dad I know what I am gonna get my dad but my mom genuinely works too much to have fun elsewhere. What I mean is she works and goes to sleep my family is by any means not poor or requires the extra mile (she is not payed per hr) but she likes her sleep and she has an amazing work ethic. the only thing that i could give her is a book because I can't give her a series on Netflix (she watches shows with my dad sometimes). So I need recommendations because I don't like most books and I don't read her genre. These are the only books I know she likes (she is a 45 yr Christian) 'Anne of green gables' 'Bridge to/of (Idk) Terabithia' 'Where the red fern grows' The Bible any Christian journey.
Edit: I would like to thank all who listed books below. I will come back to update y'all after mothers day (specifically after my mom reads them). Thanks again!
by OrdinarySpeaker3273
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She might like “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver.
In my experience smart, Christian women who enjoy reading adore Marilynne Robinson. Her second novel _Gilead_ won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, maybe? Or At the Back of the North Wind or The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald.
How about a journal? Or a planner? There are some that are Christian themed and have a place where you can write reflections.
There’s also a series called Chicken Soup for the Soul that are short stories, and there’s Chicken Soup for the mother’s soul and Chicken Soup for the Christian soul.
Or maybe you could put together a book of pictures of you and your family and you and other family members can write a little blurb about whatever you guys were doing in the picture and your memories of the time.
My son has gotten me some funny cookbooks. If there’s anyone your mom admires would she appreciate a cookbook they wrote?
Look at bn.com and thriftbooks for some ideas.
The Shell Seekers
This is lovely! She is obviously doing an amazing job to have a kid like you!
I would recommend Remarkably Bright Creatures. It’s not a Christian book, but it is a lovely story. If you get the hardcover, it’s beautifully bound, as well.
And bonus…there is a movie coming out soon, which might be a treat for the both of you to do together.
The C.S. Lewis stories might fit this, specifically Chronicles of Narnia. Also, there are special editions available (hard bound, fancy edges, etc.) of at least two of the books you’ve listed.
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (same author as Anne of Green Gables)
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
An Old-fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
A tree grows in Brooklyn (it’s a classic)
Remarkably bright creatures
Finding flora
A man called Ove
What a sweet idea! Here are a few ideas:
* Tea with Elephants, by Robin Jones Gunn
* A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
* The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedra Patrick
* The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
* The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce
Sounds like she likes classic childrens/feel good books?
Elizabeth Enright is wonderful, theres the Melendy Quartet but also Gone-Away Lake, Thimble Summer and others.
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hogston Burnett are lovely, get the Tasha Tudor editions if you can the illustrations are stunning.
Ooh! Ooh! Got it!! “At Home In Mitford” by Jan Karon. It’s the first in a series of about 14, so if she likes it you can give her more. It’s about an Episcopal priest who marries for the first time at 60. There’s a chaste senior romance and a whole town full of quirky characters. Definitely spiritual but I would not call it strictly Christian fiction. My favorite comfort read. (If you don’t get her this, suggest she look in the library. ) Happy gifting!
She might like Theo of Golden. I’m not Christian, but the author is Christian and that is a theme in the book.
Check out Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim, it’s just a charming little book.