Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and they know her

and they know her

and by a wonderfully clever plan of their own

We stare in pity at the four people at the table in the restaurant

A book to unlock imaginations of both children and adults

Christopher Robin

Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and they know herIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a