Because It Is Bitter, Because It Is My Heart. Novels about growing up poor in 1950's and 1960's America. Michael Ondaatje The English Patient. P Boris Pasternak Dr. Zhivago. The Thanatos Syndrome .
Someone seems to be poisoning the local water supply in an effort to control people's minds.
An intellectual thriller. Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar. A young girl has a nervous breakdown and attempts suicide. A compelling, sometimes funny story. My Name is Asher Lev.