Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-242).
Contents:
January 6 : Great expectations -- January 20 : A word about Leo -- February 1 : Double-booked -- February 8 : Endless love -- February 13 : 92 in the shade -- February 20 : More about Mom -- February 27 : The Clean Plate Book Club -- March 8 : Hype -- March 15 : Eating crow -- March 22 : Sharing books gives me heartburn -- March 29 : Nothing happened -- April 6 : Book by book -- April 15 : Even greater expectations -- April 22 : And the Oscar goes to-- -- April 30 : Dear Mr. Robert Plunket -- May 5 : P.S.I lied -- May 12 : Baseball, part I -- May 20 : Baseball, part II -- June 1 : Summer reading -- June 22 : A million little pieces -- July 6 : The time machine -- July 20 : Reading confidential -- August 20 : Anna, Emma, and me -- September 1 : Acknowledge this! -- September 11 : Oh, God -- September 18 : Kid stuff -- September 25 : Sex and the city -- October 2 : Sex and the city--across the pond -- October 10 : Afterlife with Father -- October 24 : No business like our business -- November 3 : Saturdays with Charley -- November 15 : Oeuvre and oeuvre again -- November 25 : Openings -- December 10 : Friends and family -- December 30 : What did I do? -- Epilogue.
Summary:
The interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and infectious enthusiasm. Nelson writes, "Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and a book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a virgin."--Publisher description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.