An inspiring read, 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way is also a master class in how to write beautiful-and memorable-sentences. This unique guide examines spectacular sentences from admired writers and speakers, including Virginia Woolf, John F. Kennedy, James Joyce, Maya Angelou, Lorrie Moore, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Martin Luther King Jr., Margaret Atwood, and Toni Morrison. Literature aficionado Geraldine Woods demonstrates not only what makes these luminaries' sentences sing, hut also how we might write powerful, evocative sentences ourselves. By examining the myriad ways mat authors mesh content and technique, Woods has created a wonderfully absorbing deep dive into the craft of writing. It's a must-read for anyone-literature lovers, teachers and students of writing, language nerds-interested in what elevates a sentence from good to great. Book jacket.