Description
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 the whirl of falling in love and marrying (a fellow bookworm, of course), to the ordeal of adopting a baby overseas, always with a book at her side. Along the way, she reveals which books and authors have shaped her own life--from classic works of English literature to hard-boiled detective novels, and everything in between. And in her explorations of the heroes and heroines throughout literary history, Corrigan's love for a good story shines.
Author: Maureen Corrigan
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/02/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.62d
ISBN13: 9780375709036
ISBN10: 0375709037
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers
About the Author
Maureen Corrigan is the book critic for NPR's Fresh Air. Her reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Nation, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, and other publications. Winner of an Edgar Award for criticism, Corrigan also regularly writes a mystery column for The Washington Post and teaches literature at Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and daughter, both avid readers.