Alice poignantly illustrates the unbreakable parent-child bond, the books they treasured, and the life lessons learned along the way. In this deeply affecting memoir, Alice tells the story of her relationship with the extraordinary man who raised her - from his steadying hand on the back of her wobbly bike to his one-man crusade to keep reading in schools - the words they shared and the spaces in between. Rowling to Shakespeare, Alice's father read to her every night without fail until the day she entered college, a remarkable eight years. They decided to continue what became known as The Streak for as long as they possibly could. Upon reaching their goal, they celebrated over pancakes, but it was clear that neither wanted to let go of what had become their reading ritual. When Alice was nine years old, she and her father - a beloved school librarian - made a promise to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights. The heart-warming, true story of a young woman, her single father, and the books they shared as he read to her every night of her childhood, from Harry Potter to Alice in Wonderland. Description for The Reading Promise Paperback.
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