These three books were all recomended to me, quite different style but all made good reads.

Colette's "Gigi and The Cat" was a Christmas present. These two short stories were originally written in French during the 1930/40s. The stories are different Gigi growing up to be a courtesan, The Cat more important to her owner than his new wife. Both stories are full of flowing descriptions.

Dave Boling's "Guernica" has the strap line; "An epic story of love, family and war". The book tells a multi-layered story of 3 brothers from the village of Guernica, and links to Picasso's painting of the atrocities visited on the village. A few of the links are tenuous, but a good story.

Amazon recommended Rose Tremain's "The Road Home" and certainly was right it was a book I would enjoy. The story follows Lev from Eastern Europe to London and back again. Well written and a good joined together plot with realistic characters.