The Gifts of Reading: Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books by Jennie Orchard

The Gifts of Reading: Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books
Jennie Orchard with Candice Carty-Williams, Jancis Robinson, Philip Pullman, Sisonke Msimang, Imtiaz Dharker, Dina Nayeri, Andy Miller, Chigozie Obioma, Pico Iyer, Markus Zusak, Michael Ondaatje, Jan Morris, Alice Pung, William Boyd, Max Porter, Madeleine Thien, Jackie Morris, Robert Macfarlane, Salley Vickers, Roddy Doyle, John Wood, SF Said, David Pilling

352 pages • first pub 2020 (view editions)

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From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks -- an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a bookEvery book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. I...