A former publisher with a client list including V.C. Andrews, George R.R. Martin, and Mary Gaitskill, to name a few, Ann Patty shares her heartfelt memoir, Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin. After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, aimless, and lost in the woods, she hoped to challenge her restless, word-loving brain by beginning a serious study of Latin at local colleges. Written with humor, heart, and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty's book is an object lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future.
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A former publisher with a client list including V.C. Andrews, George R.R. Martin, and Mary Gaitskill, to name a few, Ann Patty shares her heartfelt memoir, Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin. After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, aimless, and lost in the woods, she hoped to challenge her restless, word-loving brain by beginning a serious study of Latin at local colleges. Written with humor, heart, and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty's book is an object lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future.
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