...Also read recently...

Ooops.... I forgot that I also read Larry McMurtrey's 'Terms of Endearment' whilst in hospital. (Lisa bought it for me for the princely sum of £1.99 from the Oxfam bookshop in the hospital). I have to admit that I did enjoy the film and I was pleased to see that the daughter's death scene (Debra Winger in the movie saying goodbye to her two young sons as she lays dying from cancer gets me every time!) was word for word the same in both. The rest of the book was well written and very different from the film. Jack Nicholson's character was a composite of three men in the book; all the mother's suitors...none of whom are quite suitable. But the mainstay of both - the troubled relationship between mother and daughter - was similar to some extent. I enjoyed this and I will reread it when I'm feeling better.