How to read a book
(Large Print)
Author:
Status:
5 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
WCPL - Large Print
LP WOOD
On Order
More Details
Published:
New York : Harper Large Print, 2024.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
First Harper large print edition.
Physical Desc:
455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780063412651, 0063412659, 9780063412651, 0063412659
Notes
Description
"Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland-Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman-their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wood, M. (2024). How to read a book. First Harper large print edition. Harper Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wood, Monica. 2024. How to Read a Book. Harper Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wood, Monica, How to Read a Book. Harper Large Print, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wood, Monica. How to Read a Book. First Harper large print edition. Harper Large Print, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Record Information
| Last Horizon Extract Time | Aug 22, 2025 07:18:26 AM |
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