An Open Book: Chapters fom a Reader's Life
A great job. I'll be buyingAn Open Bookfor my children and grandchildren. --Russell Baker, author ofGrowing UpA lovely, unapologetically nostalgic remembrance of growing up in a more innocent America. (June Sawyer,San Francisco Chronicle--June Sawyer, San Francisco ChronicleDirda inhabits each book he reads. Inhabits it—and makes a space alongside it for us....He is a rare treasure. --James Sallis,Boston Sunday GlobeDirda is a superb literary essayist. --Harold BloomHere, inAn Open Book, is the show and tell of a wonderful American story....Read it and rejoice. --George Garrett