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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
September 6, 2011
Pages
120
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393079647
ISBN-10
0393079643
Dimensions
0.25 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$21.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing actâlife as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writerâreveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
An inspiring memoir of a Pulitzer Prize winnerâs triumph over disability.
Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the "dummy class" in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing actâlife as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writerâreveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
Editions
Hardcover
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1 edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (September 6, 2011)
9780393079647 | details & prices | 120 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $21.95
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Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (September 10, 2012)
9780393343427 | details & prices | 120 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $14.95
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