The Whole Five Feet : What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everthing Else

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).