The most important book?

[aefenglommung]

Jay Nordlinger wrote a column recently asking various people what books were most important to them in determining their outlook, in making them the people they are today. If I were to be asked that, the answer would be immediate and unhesitating: the single most important book in the making of Me that I have ever read would be The Lord of the

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[xxxbarnes]

This essay of yours nearly brought me to tears. "I felt my heart strangely warmed." I wonder if you realize why. Do you remember how you first acquired your very first paperback trilogy of LOTR? It reminded me of how you told me the tale of your very favorite wearable cross and how it "spoke" to you more than others you had had, but you didn't even remember how you got it.

[aefenglommung]

Yes, I borrowed your copies. When they fell apart, I bought new ones.