Reading With Patrick
A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
$41.36
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2017
Summary
A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student who was jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta.
As a young English teacher keen to make a difference in the world, Michelle Kuo took a job at a tough school in the Mississippi Delta, sharing books and poetry with a young African-American teenager named Patrick and his classmates. For the first time, these kids began to engag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447286073 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447286073 |
| Author: | Michelle Kuo |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 26mm |
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Remarkable … Honest, generous, humble and wise, Reading with Patrick will endure as a defining story for our times, and, abidingly, a testament to the power of language and of books.
Reading with Patrick [is] Michelle Kuo’s rich memoir of her literary friendship with a student in a small town in the Mississippi Delta * TLS *Remarkable … Honest, generous, humble and wise, Reading with Patrick will endure as a defining story for our times, and, abidingly, a testament to the power of language and of books. – Claire Messud, author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘Honest, thoughtful, and humane, Kuo’s book is not only a testament to a remarkable friendship, but a must-read for anyone interested in social justice and race in America. Thoughtfully provocative reading.’ * Kirkus Reviews *This book is special and could not be more right on time. An absorbing, tender, and surprisingly honest examination of race and privilege. – Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes MooreRiveting … An empathetic story of connection: between a dedicated teacher and her student, between history and our current times, and between literature and life. It is hard to imagine a more inspiring testament to the transformative power of reading. – Elliot Holt, author of You Are One of ThemA gorgeous, urgent and heartbreaking memoir. – Darcy Frey, author of The Last ShotI delighted in this book and read it in a single weekend. Reading with Patrick is a significant work that could swell the ranks of highly motivated and qualified teachers—people who understand they are not just transferring information but transforming lives – Bill Moyers[A] tender memoir. * O, the Oprah Magazine *
About The Author
Michelle Kuo
Michelle Kuo taught English at an alternative school in the Arkansas Delta for two years. After teaching, she attended Harvard Law School as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and worked at a nonprofit for undocumented immigrants in Oakland, California, on a Skadden Fellowship, with a focus on tenants’ and workers’ rights. She also clerked for a federal appeals court judge in the Ninth Circuit. Currently she teaches courses on race, law, and society at the American University of Paris.
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