After Hours at Dooryard Books

After Hours at Dooryard Books

Author: Cat Sebastian Listening Length: 9h 2m

1968 New York City News about the war might be keeping Patrick up at nightnews in general might be keeping Patrick up at nightbut hes doing fine. Hes sure of it. He gets to spend his days selling books in the gayest neighborhood on the East Coast and his nights merrily sleeping his way through the rare book community. ...

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Nathaniel shuts the algebra textbook with an air of finality. “If you don’t both get an A on your final exam, I’ll burn down your school.” From the front of the shop, he can hear Patrick snort.

“It’s the Regents we have to worry about,” Iris says.

“You don’t have to worry about anything.

” Nathaniel taps the book. “You know all of this. This summer we can do trigonometry, if you like.” His theory is that if he can teach Iris and Hector a year’s worth of math over the summer, the school might let them go directly into calculus, and then they’ll be on track to do advanced math in college.