Devil's Backbone

O'Connell, Mary

A thoughtful meditation on the intimate relationship between readers, writers, and the books that shape our lives, this work explores how literature can offer companionship, challenge assumptions, and illuminate personal experience. Through an engaging and reflective voice, it considers memory, identity, imagination, and the enduring power of storytelling. Warm, intelligent, and deeply attentive to the act of reading, it will appeal to anyone who has ever found a sense of connection between the pages of a book and the realities of their own life.