Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

Cathy Rentzenbrink fell in love with reading at an early age and spent much of her childhood and adolescence with her nose in a book. When her life was upended by tragedy, reading was the raft she clung to. Books helped Cathy find consolation, and eventually led her on a new path - first as a bookseller, and then as an author.

In this moving, funny, comforting and inspiring memoir, Cathy shares the story of her lifelong love-affair with reading and introduces the books that shaped her.