I knew I was different
When I was 10 years old in 1957 someone gave me this thick dense book with tiny little type called Little Women. Because it was there and it had words to read, I read it. My father found me in ...

The First Novel I Read
When I was 8 years old my mother gave me money for a book fair at my elementary school and instructed me to buy "Little Women." I bought a copy of the book with old-fashioned color illustations, ...