How to Buy a Love of Reading
by Egan Gibson, Tanya
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525951148
- ISBN 13
- 9780525951148
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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Synopsis
Read Tanya Egan Gibson's posts on the Penguin Blog. A playful, witty, and remarkably accomplished debut novel about how reading can save your life Asked to name her favorite book, sixteen-year-old Carley Wells answers, "Never met one I liked." Her parents are horrified and decide to commission a book to be written just for her. They will be the Medicis of Long Island and buy their daughter The Love of Reading. At first, Carley's sole interest in the project is to distract Hunter, the young bibliophile she adores. But as Hunter's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, Carley begins to understand the importance of stories-and how they are powerful enough to destroy a person. Or save her. Tanya Egan Gibson's debut novel is an irresistible work of metafiction that dazzlingly embeds a book within the book, and boasts an unforgettably fresh narrator whose journey towards embracing literature will make you fall in love with reading all over again.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Grove Heirloom Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006858
- Title
- How to Buy a Love of Reading
- Author
- Egan Gibson, Tanya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525951148
- ISBN 13
- 9780525951148
- Publisher
- Dutton / Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- collectible
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