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Big Reader : Essays

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Overview

A book about memory, loss, and a love of books from one of Canada's finest essayists

Ever since childhood, Susan Olding has been a big reader, never without a book on the go. Not surprising, then, that she turns to the library to read her own life. From the dissolution of her marriage to the forging of a tentative relationship with her new partner's daughter, from discovering Toronto as a young undergrad to, years later, watching her mother slowly go blind: through every experience, Olding crafts exquisite, searingly honest essays about what it means to be human, to be a woman--and to be a reader.

Big Reader is a brilliant, achingly beautiful collection about the slipperiness of memory and identity, the enduring legacy of loss, and the nuanced disappointments and joys of a reading life.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781988298818
  • ISBN-10: 1988298814
  • Publisher: FreeHand Books
  • Publish Date: May 2021
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 300

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