Reading by Moonlight [electronic resource] : : How Books Saved a Life
Brenda Walker2010
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When Miles Franklin-shortlisted novelist Brenda walker became sick she turned to
two healers: doctors and books.
This is the story of how she recovered.
Packing her bag for hospital after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda
wondered which book to put in. As a novelist and professor of literature, her
life was built around reading and writing. Books had always been her solace and
sustenance, and now choosing the right one was the most important thing she
could do for herself.
In Reading by Moonlight , Brenda describes the five stages of her treatment and
how different authors helped her through an arduous recovery. Along with
insightful introductions to the work of writers like Dante, Tolstoy, Nabokov,
Beckett and Dickens, Brenda show how the very process of reading – surrendering
and then regathering yourself – echoes the process of healing.
Reading by Moonlight guides, reassures, throws light on dark places, and finds
beauty in the most fearful of illnesses....
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Author:
Brenda Walker, Author
Imprint:
Sydney Australia : Penguin eBooks, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (244 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742530468
Language:
English
BRN:
524736
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