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  • The Whole Five Feet

  • What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else
  • By: Christopher R. Beha
  • Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
  • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

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The Whole Five Feet

By: Christopher R. Beha
Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
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Summary

In The Whole Five Feet, Christopher Beha turns to the great books for answers after undergoing a series of personal and family crises and learning that his grandmother had used the Harvard Classics to educate herself during the Great Depression. The result is a smart, big-hearted, and inspirational mix of memoir and intellectual excursion that "deftly illustrates how books can save one's life" (Helen Schulman).

©2009 Christopher R. Beha. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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