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Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is also a vora­cious reader. He has for years kept a notebook in which he notes words or phrases, just from a love of language. But read­ing for him 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 Life in Books, Conroy revisits a life of passionate reading. He includes wonderful anecdotes from his school days, moving accounts of how reading pulled him through dark times, and even lists of books that particularly influenced him at vari­ous stages of his life, including grammar school, high school, and college. Readers will be enchanted with his ruminations on reading and books, and want to own and share this perfect gift book for the holidays. And, come graduation time, My Life in Books will establish itself as a perennial favorite, as did Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!

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"""Timely as well as timeless ... Elegant, evocative, and elegaic."" Boston Globe ""The 15 essays in My Reading Life should delight curious readers ... [Conroy] is fun to read and debate."" USA Today ""Pat Conroy doesn't just love books, he devours them. He doesn't just visit libraries and bookstores, he inhabits them. He doesn't enjoy language, he revels in it ... [My Reading Life] is a rich, unabashedly self-critical and moving tribute to a writer's passion ...Like Stephen King did in his remarkable On Writing, Conroy reminds us of his considerable talents for telling a story and arranging words."" Associated Press ""In this marvelous blueprint for how to engage with all things literary, the goal is not only to get wet, but to fall deeply and madly in over our heads. With its heady mix of memoir, advice and out-and-out lust for the written word, My Reading Life asks how we could possibly settle for anything less."" Atlanta Journal-Constitution ""[Conroy's] fans will savor these 15 essays on the books and people that helped shape his long writing career ... They lend themselves to being taken up separately, at leisure, and savored like a rich dessert."" The Charlotte Observer ""My Reading Life extols the glories of books [and] offers heartfelt thanks to those who encouraged a passion that led [Conroy] to writing."" The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) ""In My Reading Life, we not only learn about many of Conroy's pivotal reading experiences, we see how he came together as a writer, and are entertained by a host of stories about unlikely heroes."" Asheville Citizen-Times ""Conroy's legion of fans will doubtlessly bond with the author as he earnestly explores the role of books in providing him with inspiration and solace."" Publishers Weekly ""What a delightful little book ...with a punch far sturdier than its compact size might suggest ... Try toresist rereading it!"" Booklist PRAISE FOR PAT CONROY: ""Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion."" Denver Post ""Reading Pat Conroy is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel."" Houston Chronicle From the Hardcover edition."" ""Timely as well as timeless. . . . Elegant, evocative, and elegaic."" --""Boston Globe"" ""The 15 essays in ""My Reading Life"" should delight curious readers.... [Conroy] is fun to read and debate."" --""USA Today "" ""Pat Conroy doesn't just love books, he devours them. He doesn't just visit libraries and bookstores, he inhabits them. He doesn't enjoy language, he revels in it. . . . [""My Reading Life""] is a rich, unabashedly self-critical and moving tribute to a writer's passion. . . . Like Stephen King did in his remarkable ""On Writing,"" Conroy reminds us of his considerable talents for telling a story and arranging words."" --""Associated Press"" ""In this marvelous blueprint for how to engage with all things literary, the goal is not only to get wet, but to fall deeply and madly in over our heads. With its heady mix of memoir, advice and out-and-out lust for the written word, ""My Reading Life"" asks how we could possibly settle for anything less."" --""Atlanta Jour PRAISE FOR ""MY READING LIFE"": ""What a delightful little book . . . with a punch far sturdier than its compact size might suggest. . . . Try to resist rereading it!"" —""Booklist""   PRAISE FOR PAT CONROY: ""Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion."" —""Denver Post"" ""Reading Pat Conroy is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel."" —""Houston Chronicle"" ""From the Hardcover edition."""

PRAISE FOR MY READING LIFE : <br> What a delightful little book . . . with a punch far sturdier than its compact size might suggest. . . .&#160;Try to&#160;resist rereading it! <br>&mdash; Booklist <br>&#160; <br>PRAISE FOR PAT CONROY: <br> Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion. <br>&mdash; Denver Post <p> Reading Pat Conroy is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel. <br>&mdash; Houston Chronicle <p> From the Hardcover edition.

Timely as well as timeless ... Elegant, evocative, and elegaic. <br>-- Boston Globe <br> The 15 essays in My Reading Life should delight curious readers ... [Conroy] is fun to read and debate. <br>-- USA Today<br> <br> Pat Conroy doesn't just love books, he devours them. He doesn't just visit libraries and bookstores, he inhabits them. He doesn't enjoy language, he revels in it ... [ My Reading Life ] is a rich, unabashedly self-critical and moving tribute to a writer's passion ... Like Stephen King did in his remarkable On Writing, Conroy reminds us of his considerable talents for telling a story and arranging words. <br>-- Associated Press <br> In this marvelous blueprint for how to engage with all things literary, the goal is not only to get wet, but to fall deeply and madly in over our heads. With its heady mix of memoir, advice and out-and-out lust for the written word, My Reading Life asks how we could possibly settle for anything less. <br>-- Atlanta Journal-Const

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Pat Conroy (1945 2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini. From the Hardcover edition.""

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