She Read to Us in Thelate Afternoons: A Life in Novels

by Kathleen Hill

Book Overview

Beginning with a Best American award-winning narrative, Kathleen Hill's memoir explores defining moments of a life illuminated by novels, read in Nigeria and France and at home in New York. As a child in a music class where a remarkable teacher watches over a classmate marked for tragedy, the author by chance reads Willa Cather's novel, Lucy Gayheart, and is prepared against her will for death by drowning. And prepared for the teacher's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883285720
• ISBN13: 9781883285722
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Delphinium Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"