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Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

Name: Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
ISBN: 0375709037

In this delightful memoir, the book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air reflects on her life as a professional reader. Maureen Corrigan takes us from her unpretentious girlhood in working-class Queens, to her bemused years in an Ivy League Ph.D. program, from t

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“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”

— Maureen Corrigan, amazon.com

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