Vintage Reading -- From Plato to Bradbury by Robert Kanigel

Vintage Reading -- From Plato to Bradbury by Robert Kanigel

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Vintage Reading -- From Plato to Bradbury by Robert Kanigel

Story Easton knows the first line of every book, but never the last.She never cries, but she fakes it beautifully.And at night, she escapes from the failure of her own life by breaking into the homes of others, and feeling, for a short while, like a different, better person.But one night, as an uninvited guest in someone's empty room, she discovers a story sadder than her own: a boy named Cooper Payne, whose dream of visiting the Amazon rainforest and discovering the moonflower from his favorite book, Once Upon a Moonflower, died alongside his father.For reasons even she doesn't entirely understand, Story decides that she will help Cooper and his mother. She will make his dream come true.The Understory is a magical, moving, funny, and poignant story of failure and success; of falling apart and rebuilding; and of coincidences that never really are. Part comedy, part drama, and part fairy tale, Elizabeth Leiknes's second novel is a wonder you won't soon forget.
Kanigel, Robert: - Robert Kanigel is the author of six previous books. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Grady-Stack Award for science writing. His book The Man Who Knew Infinity was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Harvard Magazine, and Psychology Today. He has just retired as Professor of Science Writing at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts and now lives in Baltimore.
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ISBN 13 9780963124678
ISBN 10 0963124676
Title Vintage Reading -- From Plato to Bradbury
Author Robert Kanigel
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bancroft Press
Year published 1998-02-01
Number of pages 243
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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