Pages: 196 📖 Year Published: 1959 🗓️ Days to Complete: 11 🕰️ Author: John Knowles's early years were much like the main character's in this book. He was born in West Virginia and attended two years of high school there prior to attending prep school in New Hampshire. After graduation, he served for 8 months in the Air Force toward the end of the second world war. When he returned, he attended Yale University where he contributed to the campus magazine and newspaper. This p

I’ll let you in on a secret: I have no college debt. Months before I had officially graduated, I made my final payment on my student loans. While I am proud of myself, I do realize that there are many factors that contributed to this achievement. I would like to say that it’s all due to work ethic and making smart financial decisions, but that is simply not the case. After all, how fiscally responsible is it to attend a private, Catholic university in Chicago when I could hav