How to Read A Book is by Monica Wood. A charming work of realistic fiction. Violet is 22 and has just been released from prison after serving 22 months for killing a local kindergarten teacher in a drunk driving accident. Frank is a retired machinist working as a handyman in a bookstore and trying to deal with the loss of a wife he discovers he didn't really love and who, before the car crash, was planning to leave him for another man. Harriet is a retired teacher who runs the book club Violet attended in prison and frequents the book store where Frank works. These three lives come together when Violet shows up at the book store looking for work, reunites with Harriet and is ashamed to see Frank. Frank almost falls off a ladder in his shock, which Harriet interprets as dislike of Violet. Yet, nothing is really as it seems. Can three lonely people come together and build something that will last? Not as good as The One-in-a Million Boy, but still charming.
Ratings: 11th grade - 7 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).
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