title: Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love
author:  Anne Fadiman 
description: Former <i>American Scholar</i> editor Fadiman (<i>Ex Libris</i>) has drawn from a column in that journal for a charming collections of essays on the varied ways book lovers read. The best of these entriesArthur Krystal's return to H.C. Witwer's boxing novel, <i>The Leather Pushers</i>; Dianna Kappel-Smith's assessment of the field guide that stirred an interest in the natural world; Michael Upchurch's consideration of Christina Stead's fictional financial worldare written by masters of the essay form, revealing themselves at the different phases of their lives through the act of reading. All of the writers share a gratitude for the books that helped them navigate their lives, especially over the rocky shoals of adolescence. The return to beloved works is not always simple, especially when readers come to see the faults in books that they so closely identified with years earlier. As many note, the act of reading changes over the course of a lifetime, from an easy engagement with plot and character to an awareness of politics and style. They may bemoan their own loss of literary innocence, but each finds a new way to appreciate the texts that have accompanied them through life. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  DARK	AND	BRIGHT
   
  Sons	of	Rhodri~Book	II
   
  by
   
  Anna Markland
   
   
  Kindle Version
  
  What Readers Are Saying about Anna’s books...
   
  ...a treasure chest of stunning medieval tales. Markland combines impeccable research with a rich
  and lyrical writing style that makes her stories a pleasure to read over and over again.
  Gerri Russell, author of To Tempt a Knight
   
  Anna Markland is an incredible writer who writes great books.
  Lois Lavrisa, author of Liquid Lies.
   
  A note to my readers...
   
  This is the second book in a series entitled Sons of Rhodri. These stories grew out of The
  Montbryce Legacy Series. If you have read the Legacy books you will already be familiar with many
  of the characters in this book. If not, you will enjoy meeting them for the first time. This is the story of
  Rhodri and Rhonwen’s eldest son, Rhys.
  At the end I’ve included a glossary of characters and a lexicon of foreign words and phrases used
  in my books.
  I hope you come to love my characters as much as I do!
   
   
   
  