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Post by penny on Jul 27, 2015 1:26:24 GMT
If your mother read the exerpt and wants the book, why are you trying to censor a grown woman's choice? If there is graphic sex and she doesn't like it, she can skip it. Maybe the implied sex in the exerpt is exactly why she wants to read it. I don't get why you think you have to protect a grown woman from her choices. Yeah.... This!! I took my dad back to his hometown to visit relatives. It was a long drive, 11 hours. I was listening to a book on CD, along with my dad. It was a Richard Patterson novel and it was a Mistry so I thought it would be OK. Suddenly, we were in the midst of an explicit sex scene. I'm sure my cheeks are burning. I told my dad " I think I'll fast forward through this." how my dad says no leave it alone. My dad was 94 at the time, and I thought very conservative. He surprised me! I'm not sure if you had a chance to read my response, but I'm not trying to censor what she reads... We don't live together, she has her own money, she could get the book a bunch of different ways... But because of other factors, a lot falls to me... I'm always trying to make sure that any looking out for her I do doesn't limit her... I don't know anything about this genre, so educating myself lets me give her a heads up of what to expect and also offer her other options...
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Post by auntkelly on Jul 27, 2015 1:43:49 GMT
I would ask the author's husband and just explain why you are asking. I don't think the author or her husband will be offended by the question.
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Jul 27, 2015 19:52:15 GMT
So she is younger than me!
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Post by penny on Jul 28, 2015 0:07:42 GMT
I'm not sure what to say - I didn't think she was too old for this kind of book, but maybe she's too young?
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 28, 2015 7:40:47 GMT
Well, not historical, my own mother shocked me by reading 50 Shades, as recommended by a friend from church, and then proclaimed it wasn't a patch on Lady Chatterley's Lover... Hilarious. And she's right. I read about 5 pages of 50 Shades before abandoning it.
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