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Leave me alone, I'm reading : finding and losing myself in books / Maureen Corrigan.

Corrigan, Maureen. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375504257
  • ISBN: 9780375504259
  • Physical Description: xxxii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2005]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201).
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Ain't No Mountain High Enough: Women's Extreme-Adventure Stories (and One of My Own) 3 -- "Books, what a jolly company they are" 55 -- Chapter 2 Tales of Toil: What John Ruskin and Sam Spade Taught Me About Working for a Living 61 -- Chapter 3 "They're Writing Songs of Love, but Not for Me": Gaudy Night and Other Alternatives to the Traditional "Mating, Dating, and Procreating" Plot 93 -- Looking for a Ship/Looking for My Dad 121 -- Chapter 4 Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: What Catholic Martyr Stories Taught Me About Getting to Heaven-and Getting Even 129 -- Epilogue: My New York: September 8, 2001 173.
Subject:
Corrigan, Maureen > Books and reading.
Books and reading > United States.

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Marion Library 028.9 COR (Text) 37810434427059 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/26/2026