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Reading for Escape During Hard Times

September 12, 2024April 9, 2020 by Gladys Strickland
A stack of books and a kindle. Reading for escape during hard times.

We read for many reasons, and escape is often one of them. During hard times, whether global ones we face during the coronavirus pandemic of spring 2020 or more personal ones, getting lost in a good story gives some relief from concerns. How Reading Helped Me Escape In the winter of 2001, while my marriage … Read more

Categories Personal Essays Tags books, escape, hard times, reading, story 5 Comments

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