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Paul, Pamela, author.
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Paul, Pamela -- Books and reading.
Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
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My life with Bob : f...
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My life with Bob : flawed heroine keeps book of books, plot ensues / Pamela Paul.
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Paul, Pamela, author.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Subjects
Paul, Pamela -- Books and reading.
Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN:
9781627796316 (hardback) :
1627796312 (hardback)
Description:
x, 242 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction: Why keep track? -- Brave new world: You shouldn't be reading that -- Slaves of New York: The literary life -- The trial: A book with no ending -- Catch-22: Never enough -- The Norton anthology of English literature: Required reading -- Into that darkness: Voyeurism -- The grapes of wrath: Among readers -- A journey of one's own: Books that change your life -- Anna Karenina: Heroines -- Swimming to Cambodia: The company of narrators -- Wild swans: Inspirational reading -- The secret history: Solitary reading -- The wisdom of the body: In love with a book -- The magic mountain: Different interpretations -- Autobiography of a face: On self-help -- Flashman: I do not like your books -- The master and Margarita: Recommendations -- The hunger games: No time to read -- A wrinkle in time: Reading with children -- Bad news: Tearjerkers -- Les misérables: Why read? -- A spy among friends: Other writers -- Epilogue: The lives we read.
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"Imagine keeping a record of every book you ever read. What would those titles say about you? With humor and warmth, the editor of The New York Times Book Review shares the stories that have shaped her life. For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life-- her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers. Bob was with her when she struggled to get through the Norton Anthology of English Literature in college and when she read Anna Karenina while living abroad alone. He was there when she fell in love and much needed when she sought solace in self-help and memoirs like Autobiography of a Face. Through marriage and divorce, remarriage (The Master and Margarita) and parenthood (The Hunger Games), professional setbacks and successes, Bob recorded what she read while all that happened. The diary--now coffee-stained and frayed--is the record of a lifelong love affair with books, and has come to mean more to her than any other material possession. My Life with Bob is a testament to the power of books to provide the perspective, courage, companionship, and ultimately self-knowledge to forge our own path"--
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
818.603 Paul Pa
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Hilo Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
818.603 Paul Pa
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Lihue Public Library
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818.603 Paul Pa
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Pahoa P/S Library
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Nanakuli Public Library
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818.603 Paul Pa
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