READING WITH PATRICK

reading with patrick

Michelle Kuo
English teacher Michelle Kuo temporarily forgoes a legal career to resume teaching a former pupil, Patrick, to read, after Patrick lands in jail charged with murder. A poignant, true account of the friendship that grows between the two, and of the power of books to change lives. The memoir resonated with me, particularly for some of the parallels with one of my novels, The Last Time We Spoke.