A Book Can Take You Away

by Karen
(Campton, KY, USA)

How Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights Solved My Stress Problems!

The life of a graduate student is very stressful. The last semester of graduate school the stress became just unbearable. In order to graduate, each student in my department was required to go through an oral exit exam. And every class that I had taken was going to be on the list of exam topics.

It seemed like every moment of the day I was thinking about this exam. Even though I was prepared, I kept thinking about it!

I learned very quickly that in order to keep my sanity I would need to find some way to get my mind on something else.

I tried talking to family and friends, but the it was always in the back of my mind. I discovered that I needed a getaway. So I turned to my favorite books.

A Book Can Take You Away