Back to The Book Thief.
Liesel Meminger, the so-called book thief, discovers that expresses herself the best through reading and writing. As many of her neighbors cower in a bomb shelter waiting out air attacks, Liesel reads from her latest stolen book.
She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes
hanging on to her as she hauled the words in and breathed them out.
A voice played the notes inside her. This, it said, is your accordion.
My accordion is also reading and writing but even more so, it's talking about the stories I read and write, or hear and see on screens both large and small. My friend and mentor Katherine Legan says fine literature teaches us how to live. I go further. Narratives -- on the page or screen -- teach us not only how to live but also to feel, to think, to love.
This project is dedicated to stories and narratives of all kinds. Please join in the conversation and leave your comments about whatever you read on this blog.
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