Reading Changed My Life - Townsend Press

Reading Changed My Life! Three True Storiessaying that another problem had come up and thatshe would have to wait a little while longer.Finally the real call came—it was time to tapethe show. Julia went to the studio and walkedonstage with Oprah. At that point, Oprah confessedthat Julia had been told a white lie—in fact, a wholestring of them. She wasn’t there just to do anupdate on the program. Instead, during the pastthree days, an army of people had been very, verybusy in Racine. Julia was then invited to look at theCops ’n Kids Reading Center over a video monitoron stage.The bare rooms of the center had been filledwith comfortable sofas, easy chairs, craft tables, andoffice furniture donated by the Ethan AllenCompany. Beautiful paintings hung on the walls.Thick, colorful rugs covered the floors. Two youngartists from Buffalo, New York, had driven tenhours to cover one huge wall with a bright mural. Ababy grand piano stood in the auditorium. The80