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BOOKS THAT SAVED MY LIFE by Michael McGirr, Text

compendium of 40 texts chosen by Melbourne author and teacher McGirr. He begins by slaying the high-grading student who, when he asked what he thought of exam text , said “I never) and Margaret Attwood (, there are gems like Flannery O’Connor’s .

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