A Bittersweet Ending

Last month, Elizabeth Goodyear passed away at the age of a hundred and three. Goodyear, who lived in Murray Hill, first gained notoriety in 2008, when the New York Times ran a front-page story about her reading circle. The circle was formed in 2003 when Alison West, a young neighbor of Goodyear’s, posted signs at yoga studios around the city calling for people to read aloud to her friend, who had gone blind some time earlier:

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