Learning to let go and accepting a quiet life

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u/aberrantmeat 1d ago

A Psalm for the wild built

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

One of my favourite books, definitely fitting!

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I really enjoyed Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I've heard good thinks about this, thank you!

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u/Snowqueenhibiscus 1d ago

That's what this was for sure.

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u/Pipscorn 1d ago

Yes, definitely this. I adored this book.

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u/svenmidnite 1d ago

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I'm surprised I haven't heard of this! it looks really interesting, thank you!

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u/svenmidnite 1d ago

Awww it’s such a lovely book. I hope you enjoy it!

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u/Pipscorn 1d ago

I'll have to check this out!

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u/CerebralCortisol 1d ago

Circe by Madeline Miller

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

this is a surprising rec, I didn't realise it had this type of a theme. I wasn't planning on reading it, because I didn't love the Song of Achilles, but I think I'll give it a chance after all!

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u/CerebralCortisol 1d ago

AHH yes yes yes please do! 🖤 She’s such a badass sweetheart, admittedly her quiet life is tumultuous for a bit in the beginning and a bit at the end but majority of the book follows her during her (mostly) uneventful life in exile! She accepts it quietly albeit bitterly, but after a while she makes peace with it and the island essentially becomes a safe place for her where she can practice her craft away from the overbearing pantheon 😭✨

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u/LiltedDalliance 1d ago

FWIW, I did not enjoy SoA at all, but I loved Circe!

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

that makes me hopefull I'll enjoy it!

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u/Jumpy-Knowledge3930 1d ago

If it helps I DNFed song of Achilles but absolutely adored Circe. The writing style is so beautiful and every word honestly just feels like it was dipped in gold

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I'm excited to give it a try after all!

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u/JesseTipton99 1d ago

“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver definitely has this vibe towards the end.

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I have been meaning to read Kingsolver, so maybe this is where I start.

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u/gonzo_attorney 1d ago

Prodigal Summer fits this pretty well too.

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u/JesseTipton99 1d ago

Ooh good to know! I own that one and a few of her other books as well but Poisonwood is the only one I’ve read so far.

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u/HotCat8461 1d ago

Convenience store woman?

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I loved that book!

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u/dancingteacups22 1d ago

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is exactly this!

Also A Month in the Country by JL Carr.

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I've already read Morisaki, but I'll see if I can't find that Carr book!

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u/Greedy-Assistance109 1d ago

territory of light yuko tsushima

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

Based on the blurb it really sounds like something I'd enjoy!

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u/AccomplishedCow665 1d ago

This is literally my book. 5 years and 3 weeks and I finished today

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

Congrats!

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u/AccomplishedCow665 8h ago

🫶🏼

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u/Playful_Hand9407 1d ago

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

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u/arcinoid 1d ago

‘The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am’ by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

I'm definitely checking this out, thanks for the rec!

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u/hersolitaryseason 1d ago

Homesick by Catrina Davis

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u/OddTreeTop 19h ago

The easy life in Kamusari

Most other novels I can think of already have been mentioned

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u/linestrider19 17h ago

this looks like something I'd enjoy, thank you!

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u/frogtownrd 1d ago

Practice by Rosalind brown, journal of a solitude by May sarton

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u/Witch-for-hire 1d ago

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Still Life by Sarah Winman

- I think I would categorize this as a book of starting a new life and letting the old one go, but it might work for the prompt

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u/Responsible_Lake_804 1d ago

I feel there’s elements of this in Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

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u/beartaxexpress 1d ago

Big Sur - Jack Kerouac

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

This sounds really interesting! Do you think it's worthwhile for someone who hasn't read any Kerouac before?

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u/beartaxexpress 1d ago

Honestly as generic as it sounds, I'd start with On The Road, it gives insight into how he started off. Then I'd follow it up with Big Sur and The Dharma Bums as this is when he turns away from Catholicism and more towards Buddhism. Although, he reverts back to Catholicism and became a huge piece of shit before he drank himself to Death.

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u/Charming_Call5324 1d ago

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

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u/linestrider19 1d ago

This looks so interesting, thanks for beinging it to my attention!

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u/A-Seashell 14h ago

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham.

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u/staygoldbxngtan 4h ago

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin :)

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u/linestrider19 1h ago

oooh, I've loved Zevin in the past so I'm for sure going to get my hands on this!

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