Overcoming Illiteracy

Oprah Radio | October 26, 2008

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At 48 years old, social studies teacher John Corcoran confessed he had a secret—he didn't know how to read. Dr. Robin talks with John, who's now 70, about battling illiteracy, his book The Bridge to Literacy and his intriguing life story.

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