A Boy I Once Knew: What A Teacher Learned From Her Student

A Boy I Once Knew: What A Teacher Learned From Her Student

In Stock
SKU: SONG1565123158
UPC: 9781565123151
Brand: Brand: Algonquin Books
$8.95 $12.79
Save $3.84
Quantity
Add to wishlist
Add to compare

Processing time: 1-3 days

US Orders Ships in: 3-5 days

International Orders Ships in: 8-12 days

Return Policy: 15-days return on defective items

Payment Option
Payment Methods

Help

If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.

Customer service

All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com

Sale & Press

If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com

One Morning, A Box Was Delivered To Elizabeth Stone'S Door. It Held Ten Years Of Personal Diaries And A Letter That Began Dear Elizabeth, You Must Be Wondering Why I Left You My Diaries In My Will. After All, We Have Not Seen Each Other In Over Twenty Years . . .What Followed Was A Remarkable Year In Elizabeth'S Life As She Read Vincent'S Diaries And Began To Learn About The High School Student She Had Taught Twentyfive Years Before. A Boy I Once Knew Is The Story Of The Man That Vincent Had Becomeand The Efforts Of His Teacher To Make Some Sense Of His Life.With His Diaries, Vincent Becomes A Constant Presence In Her Household. She Follows His Daily Life In San Francisco And His Travels Abroad. She Watches Him Deal With The Deaths Of Friends In The Gay Community. She Judges Him. She Gets Angry With Him. She Develops Affection And Compassion For Him. In Some Ways She Brings Him Back To Life. And In Doing So, She Becomes The Student, And Vincent The Teacher. He Forces Her To Examine Her Life As Well As His. He Challenges Her Feelings And Fears About Death. He Proves To Her That Relationships Between Two People Can Deepen Even After One Of Them Is Gone.A Boy I Once Knew Is A Powerful Book About Loss, Memory, And The Ways In Which We Belong To Each Other. This Is A Revealing, Moving, And Wholly Unexpected Book.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Recently Viewed