Good book for 40th birthday - female

[serenity]

Additionally, this woman is married, two small kids, and successfully battled breast cancer this year.

[dorothyinAus]

My 40th birthday was this past August and a really close friend gave me a very nice hard cover version of a book she knew was one of my favorites as a child (The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes).

It might be worth it to see if you can't find out a favorite book and get a nice keepsake copy. DH gave me a really nice edition of Winnie-the-Pooh for Christmas one year. Those are the books I treasure.

Bonus if you know it's a favorite book, you know she'll like it, rather than taking a guess on a book, you know?

[christy082]

Hmm, any idea what her favorite genre is? That would help me make some recs.