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

Corrigan, Maureen

ISBN 10: 0375709037 / ISBN 13: 9780375709036

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375709037
• ISBN 13: 9780375709036
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

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.