Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

Tags: author: corrigan/maureen

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
by Maureen Corrigan
“It’s not that I don’t like people,” writes Maureen Corrigan in her introduction to Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading . “It’s just that there always comes a moment when I’m in the company of others—even my nearest and dearest—when I’d rather be reading a book.” In this delightful memoir, Corrigan reveals which books and authors have shaped her own life—from classic works of English literature to hard-boiled detective... (more)