num_pages: 119
description: A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.
language: English
title: Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books
titlecomplete: Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books
genres: Literature, Biography Memoir, Memoir, Autobiography, Books About Books, Nonfiction, Education, Essays, Writing, Biography
ratings_count: 1275
publisher: Beacon Pr