In The Whole Five Feet, Christopher Beha turns to the great books for answers after undergoing a series of personal and family crises and learning that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics to educate herself during the Great Depression. The result is a smart, big-hearted, and inspirational mix of memoir and intellectual excursion that deftly illustrates how books can save one’s life” (Helen Schulman).
Publisher: Grove Press (May 11, 2010)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 272 pages
File size: 3.3 MB
Protection: DRM
Language: English