The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading

Francis Spufford

2002 • 224 pages

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The author offers a sensitive, loving tribute to reading, arguing that his favorite books have created his identity, from The Wind in the Willows to the Narnia Chronicles and The Little House on the Prairie. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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gretchen

Good opening chapter - I could really relate. But I just couldn't get into the rest. It might just be that it isn't the right for me at this point, so I'll try again next year...it did have promise.

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