In her love of books, and of her father, we see the most meaningful promises we might make to our own parents, our own children, and to ourselves.' * Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture * 'Alice Ozma has given us the gift of a remarkable love story. My Father's Day gift of the month.' * The Bookseller * she writes beautifully of an unbreakable parent-child bond and the life lessons learnt from literature along the way. 'At a time when books often seem under attack, threatened with redundancy by the more aggresive advocates of new media, it is good to read so spirited and charming a paean in praise of the pleasures of reading as The Reading Promise.' * Bookseller (UK), from 'We Love This Book' * Publisher: John Murray Press ISBN: 9781444715262 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 242 g Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Alice poignantly illustrates the unbreakable parent-child bond, the books they treasured, and the life lessons learned along the way. In this deeply affecting memoir, Alice tells the story of her relationship with the extraordinary man who raised her - from his steadying hand on the back of her wobbly bike to his one-man crusade to keep reading in schools - the words they shared and the spaces in between. Rowling to Shakespeare, Alice's father read to her every night without fail until the day she entered college, a remarkable eight years later.

They decided to continue what became known as The Streak for as long as they possibly could.įrom L. Upon reaching their goal, they celebrated over pancakes, but it was clear that neither wanted to let go of what had become their reading ritual.

When Alice was nine years old, she and her father - a beloved school librarian - made a promise to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights.

The reading promise by alice ozma