Sandra Gibson
behavioral therapist
“It’s called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. It’s really funny; I’ve read it four times and I’m not sick of it.”
Martin Raft
retired
“Encyclopedia Britannica. It has a lot of information and maybe it could teach me how to get back to civilization.”
Julie Sears
lab technician
“Maybe [something by] Anthony Bordain, because he’s a chef and he travels around and it might give me an idea of what food to eat.”
Ian Porteous
student
“Probably Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I like the transition of his voice when Joyce starts out as a kid and then his language becomes more advanced as he grows older.”
This article appears in Jul 9-16, 2009.