Book Reviews

Daily Dose for Fri, Aug 27: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
27 August 2010, 2:00 am

Amy's Comments

"My eighth-grade year was terrible. I was a very awkward 13-year-old....At a very depressing point that year my father called me into the living room. He had a dusty, nearly collapsed box on the coffee table. He said, "I have something that I want to share with you," as he reached into the box. "I felt just like you when I was young, someone gave me this book, it helped me." Then he carefully set a small paperback book in my hands, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. It was held together with a rubber band because most of the pages were falling out. This book has a special place on my bookshelf now, with a few more rubber bands and tape holding it together. I need to buy a new copy just so I can have a readable copy in the house. I wish this book was required reading in school." (read more)

Source: Powell's Books: Daily Dose