04961cam a2200865 4500 415268073 TxAuBib 20191206120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385533843 0385533845 B003F3PKDG Amazon d0a98802-2c4e-4f52-ac52-2aed09d8ce22 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 479323 OverDrive (Product ID) 203739 479323 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib CONROY, PAT. My Reading Life [Libby]. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010. Biography. creative writing. Literary Criticism. autobiographies. Writing. Journalism. classic. journal. Film. anthology. Autobiography. Interviews. Memoirs. 20th Century. Short Stories. art. Creativity. Writing Prompts. essay. diary. inspiration. publishing. Beat Generation. biographies. diaries. Essays. Music. memoir. literature. American Literature. True stories. inspirational books. biographies and memoirs. motivational books. Literary gifts. biographies of famous people. literary biographies. memoir books. autobiography books. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3601kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Writing. Language Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading has been Conroy's portal to the world, both to the farthest corners of the globe and to the deepest chambers of the human soul. His interests range widely, from Milton to Tolkien, Philip Roth to Thucydides, encompassing poetry, history, philosophy, and any mesmerizing tale of his native South. He has for years kept notebooks in which he records words and expressions, over time creating a vast reservoir of playful turns of phrase, dazzling flashes of description, and snippets of delightful sound, all just for his love of language. But for Conroy reading is not simply a pleasure to be enjoyed in off-hours or a source of inspiration for his own writing. It would hardly be an exaggeration to claim that reading has saved his life, and if not his life then surely his sanity. In My Reading Life, Conroy revisits a life of reading through an array of wonderful and often surprising anecdotes: sharing the pleasures of the local library's vast cache with his mother when he was a boy, recounting his decades-long relationship with the English teacher who pointed him onto the path of letters, and describing a profoundly influential period he spent in Paris, as well as reflecting on other pivotal people, places, and experiences. His story is a moving and personal one, girded by wisdom and an undeniable honesty. Anyone who not only enjoys the pleasures of reading but also believes in the power of books to shape a life will find here the greatest defense of that credo. BONUS: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Pat Conroy's The Death of Santini.. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-02-07 12:43:25. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/D0A/988/02/MyReadingLife9780385533843.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D0A98802-2C4E-4F52-AC52-2AED09D8CE22&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/D0A/988/02/MyReadingLife9780385533843.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D0A98802-2C4E-4F52-AC52-2AED09D8CE22&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/D0A/988/02/MyReadingLife9780385533843.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D0A98802-2C4E-4F52-AC52-2AED09D8CE22&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)