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Last broadcast on Wed, 7 Dec 2011, 13:00 on BBC Oxford.
Synopsis
Recommendations for great reads from this month's Afternoon Show Book Club.
BOOK CLUB RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JANUARY
How to be a Woman
By Caitlin Moran
Ebury, £11.99
This is a hilarious look at what it is like to be a modern woman. The feisty Time Journalist tells it how it really is.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
By Jeanette Winterson
Jonathan Cape, £14.99
This is the real story behind the author of "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit" and so many other fantastic novels. It's about her battle with her adoptive mother and then her search for happiness.
I rest my case unpublished letters sent to the daily Telegraph Ed
By Ian Hollingshead
Aurum Press, £9.99
It's hard to tell whether these letter writers are eccentric and very clever or just insane. It's reassuring to know people are still scribbling in green ink.
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
by Mark Forsyth
Icon Books £12.99
This is more than a humorous love letter to etymology. This started life as the "inky fool" blog and has ended up a fascinating study of the labyrinth of language.
The Illustrated Hare with Amber Eyes
By Edmund de Waal
Published by Chatto and Windus, £25.00
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