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Storytime: Growing up with Books

By Jane Sullivan

Book information

Publisher
Ventura Press
ISBN
1925384675, 978-1925384673
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
711 kB (727600 bytes)
Edition
Original retail
Pages
300\0
Time added
2019-08-02 10:06:00
Personal Memoirs

Description

What was it exactly? Wonder, rapture delight, surprised recognition, laughter – but also darker feelings that made my heart beat fast and my stomach turn over, and sometimes a frantic urge to close the book before whatever it was sucked me in and destroyed me. But always, I read on. In Storytime, author and literary critic Jane Sullivan takes us from Wonderland to Narnia, Moomintroll to Mr Toad and from Winnie the Pooh to the Magic Pudding, to find out why her favourite childhood books were so vitally important, and how they shaped the woman she is today. This intimate, intense and emotional adventure down memory lane is much, much more than nostalgia. It is a surprising and sometimes disturbing voyage of self-discovery. As Jane relives old joys and faces old fears, she discovers that the books were not what she thought they were, and she was not the child she thought she was.

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