Reader's Digest - USA (2019-08)

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RunningintheFamily

I vividlyremembermyveryfirst

Reader’sDigest.I was 12 yearsold

andconfinedtothesickbayat

boardingschool.

Mymotherhadreaditforyears

butI didn’tthinkitwasa magazine

for 12 yearoldswhowereinterested

inteenmagazines.ButI hadrun

outofreadingmaterialsoI thought,

Whynot?I wasbothpleasantly

surprisedanda bitannoyedthat

I’dneverpickedoneupbefore.

I’mnow 53 andhappytoreport

thatI’venevermissedanissue

sincethen.OvertheyearsI’ve

recommendedtheDigesttoas

manypeopleasI possiblycan.

Itisalwaysrelevantandcurrent

withwordgamesandbrillianttrue

stories.I’malsoveryproudthattwo

ofmychildrenhavefollowedinmy

footstepsandread yourmagazine

religiously. LISADISILVIO

AHomelessMan’sPerspective

‘I UsedtobeHomeless’(May)isa

raw,confrontingarticle,highlighting

thedesperateplightofsomanyin

ourcities.Withfrighteningclarity

theauthorgivesa windowintothe

dailylifeofthehomeless.Hopefully

thiswillpromptmorepractical

expressionsofhelp. EULALIE HOLMAN

Editor’sNote:Seeourstoryon
page 36 intheMakinga Difference
sectionabouta youngschoolboy
determinedtodojust that.

8 Augus t 2019

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