Suggest some Books for my granny.
By Subhajit Sil
@subhajitsil6 (961)
Kolkata, India
March 24, 2017 2:00pm CST
Hi, Everybody. How are you doing today?
I have a grandma, she recently had an operation 
and she stays most of the time on bed. She is aged around 70. She use to watch TV series but recently I feel she might not like to watch the TV.
Don't know why? I thought to suggest her about reading books, she said she could try and asked me to help her get some book. But when asked about the type of book she want, she was silent. And here I am very unsure of what should i suggest her. So want you guys help.
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I have a grandma, she recently had an operation and she stays most of the time on bed. She is aged around 70. She use to watch TV series but recently I feel she might not like to watch the TV. Don't know why? I thought to suggest her about reading books, she said she could try and asked me to help her get some book. But when asked about the type of book she want, she was silent. And here I am very unsure of what should i suggest her. So want you guys help.
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10 responses
@ichchhe_mrityu (1144)
• Bangalore, India
24 Mar 17
Fifty Shades of Grey..
Jokes apart, seems you are Bengali.. if your Granny can read bengali books then I would suggest books of Suchitra Bhattacharjee ... Let me know your view..
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@ichchhe_mrityu (1144)
• Bangalore, India
24 Mar 17
@subhajitsil6 Well I suggested it for your Thamma.. She mostly write about old age, women life, widower loneliness etc... Personally I don't like her writtings but I found lot of women specially aged women like her lot...
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
@ichchhe_mrityu Ok, Thank You so much for this great help. I will surely get one for her.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
24 Mar 17
Yeah, I am.. But i never went through any books of Suchitra Bhattacharjee, what she mostly writes about?
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 17
No way to help unless we at least know a genre
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
24 Mar 17
What could a woman of her age like? She can read, I mean she will be able to read. But she forget things. She cannot keep things in mind for long. I don;t know what she would love. I am so very confused.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 17
@subhajitsil6 do you have audio books there?
try and think of things she has shown interest in and there will be a book on that subject I'm sure.
What sort of tv shows does she like?
@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
24 Mar 17
@Mike197602 Somethings which involves woman courage. I never thought about it before, but since you asked, I recollected my memory and this is what I got.
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@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
29 Mar 17
Today some elders like reading books about the health and this is why the healthcare books sell so well. Since your grandma just had an operation, perhaps it is fine for me to read some health books. She may have a better diet and it will be good for her recovery.
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@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
30 Mar 17
@subhajitsil6 The books like how to have healthier life, which foods are good for you etc. There are quite a lot of books like that today. Perhaps you can go to the library and borrow them.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
29 Mar 17
She is under controlled diet as prescribed by the doctor. And health books means? I am now much aware of this term, could you please help me with it?
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
30 Mar 17
@youless may be.. I will go and see if I can have something for her
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@tom_view (6414)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
@subhajitsil6 then ask her to tell you stories about her life.
@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
@tom_view I hardly get time to sit with her and have words. I always try to make her happy in every possible manner. But my work schedule is something which hardly gives me time.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
As I already told in my discussion these days she doesn't watch TV series more.. She is no more fond of the TV
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
Thanks for your suggestion, even if she doesn't like I am sure that I will love them.. Thanks a lot for the suggestion.
@tom_view (6414)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
Come on brother.Tell her to keep on watching typical Bengali serials.
@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
26 Mar 17
@tom_view Indeed they are, but she use to watch most of them at a time.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
She use to but these days she stopped her linking for the serials.
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
25 Mar 17
@subhajitsil6 oh yes. She will enjoy reading it. Anyway how is your grandma now? Is she much better?
@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
Ok. I was unaware about this. But since you said will keep this in mind. And though by now I have already selected some genres from various suggestion given over here. Lets see if I can get yours also.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
@Nawsheen These days she talk less. I have asked her multiple time if she is in some pain or some illness, but she says she is perfect. I tried to take her for a checkup but she said no. As days are passing she is talking less, and perhaps loves to spend more time on her bed with a vague look.
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
i don't know, perhaps about women power or something. I asked her about the kind she would like to read, but she didn't answered me as such.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
30 Mar 17
The first books I think of (other than The Holy Bible): The Greatest Salesman in the World, Think & Grow Rich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series by Douglas Adams), stuff by Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Tolkien ...
84 books based on 5 votes: The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Five ...
@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
17 Jun 18
@subhajitsil6
Do you have friends that want to share books with you? Maybe you could put a book in front of her and see if she likes it and then if she does then maybe you can find more books for her or go online and find some books. Do you have something online you can show her maybe?
