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Cover of Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books

Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books

โœ Scribed by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon


Book ID
110470084
Publisher
Beacon Press
Year
1996
Tongue
en-US
Weight
118 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807071007

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โœฆ Synopsis


A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996

'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.

From the Trade Paperback edition.


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