dailylit

Read books by email or RSS.
FAQ | Blog | Learn more »

Welcome, guest!
Log in | Register to join DailyLit.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week #40: Life Imitates Art

Here's a great question submitted by reader femmebot (thanks!).

Along the lines of life imitating art/art imitating life, which book(s) seem to resemble your life?

Reply

MaggieH

Replies (10)

Posted by

  • Anything by Ann Tyler, although Anne Rice would be more exciting.

    porchdogAug 31, 2009 10:53 am
    by porchdog

  • Daughter's Keeper. Although my daughter never has any legal/criminal trouble, the story of the difficult mother/daughter relationship rings quite true.

    cybele0Aug 31, 2009 11:27 am
    by cybele0

  • the Corrections

    jcronin1110Aug 31, 2009 11:45 am
    by jcronin1110

  • Microserfs by Douglas Coupland.

    It perfectly captures what it is like to work for a huge corporation (which I did) and then a start-up (which I now do).

    cresswgaAug 31, 2009 3:09 pm
    by cresswga

  • Looking by--Little Women--best represented my childhood, it seemed to me as a girl. With 4 sisters and not much money, I could identify with the tomboy, Jo, her writing aspirations, fussy great aunts, etc.

    PMCGOLDRICKSep 2, 2009 11:19 am
    by PMCGOLDRICK

  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

    moengeySep 5, 2009 11:33 pm
    by moengey

  • The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson.

    stnicholasSep 6, 2009 3:07 am
    by stnicholas

  • Julie and Julia - read it a year and a half ago before it was a movie. It spoke to my need for change turning 30.

    JujubeanSep 6, 2009 7:46 pm
    by Jujubean

  • I THNH TH MST SUITABLE BOOK CONCERNING YOUR UESTION IS "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT",I HOPE U WOULD GO THROUH IT

    balouchSep 8, 2009 2:39 pm
    by balouch

  • The Crying of Lot 49! *Thomas Pynchon!!!*

    emilyyoungSep 10, 2009 3:44 pm
    by emilyyoung

Login to post