Dear Reader
内容简介
Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another.
For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out. When tragedy struck, books kept her afloat. Eventually they lit the way to a new path, first as a bookseller and then as a writer. No matter what the future holds, reading will always help.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love.
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作者简介
Cathy Rentzenbrink was born in Cornwall, grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in London, where she works as a writer and journalist. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling memoir The Last Act of Love, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.
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读书文摘
我并不是靠某本特定的书熬过那段日子的；我的救生艇更像是阅读本身，它让我浮在水面，不至于沉没。人们往往对以阅读逃避现实的做法有些不屑，但我相信这就是文学最伟大的力量之一：慰藉，安抚，给人一片小小的绿洲——或许它并不全然令人愉悦，不过我们不妨把它视作一个喘息之机，否则我们会感觉自己随时可能溺毙在苦海之中。
阅读是我最核心的自我认同：我对 自己最忠实的描述，就是“我是个读者”。
我并不是靠某本特定的书熬过那段日子的；我的救生艇更像是阅读本身，它让我浮在水面，不至于沉没。人们往往对以阅读逃避现实的做法有些不屑，但我相信这就是文学最伟大的力量之一：慰藉，安抚，给人一片小小的绿洲——或许它并不全然令人愉悦，不过我们不妨把它视作一个喘息之机，否则我们会感觉自己随时可能溺毙在苦海之中。我阅读是为了转移注意力，而不是为了寻求人生的真谛，……
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