Am I Alone Here?

I love personal essays like these–the author is talking about himself while talking about something else. The conversational tone makes them especially appealing to me.

Peter Orner reads through his life, and that's what this book is. In these little essays, he faces a struggle in his real life and finds a struggle in a short story or novel that is similar. In the process, he shares favorite authors and favorite stories and favorite quotes. If you live to read, as Orner does, and as I do, you may enjoy reading to live along with this author, too.