A high school reunion is a prime premise for a novel. All those pasts, however charmed or checkered, resurfacing to settle a score. Yep, reunions drum up unease and drama. Which is why I've never gone to one of mine. That said, I do enjoy strolls down other people's memory lanes, and by people I mean characters. And so it was with anticipation that I RSVP'd yes to the reunion of a bunch of baby boomers in small-town Ohio in Elizabeth Berg's The Last Time I Saw You.
With insight, tenderness, and humor, Berg introduces us to five members of the class of 1960-something: the Beauty, the B-lister, the Brain, the Quarterback, and the Outcast. Each has lived a full and, in some cases, surprising life since high school. Yet none are immune to the minefield that means going back -- or the obstinate optimism that pushes them forward.
Poignant to the point of near melancholy, The Last Time I Saw You is bittersweet and human, tapping into our wish for second chances -- even if they don't end up looking the way we thought they would.
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Oh, it does look very entertaining. I am sure Berg must have had fun with this one. I always wished they would have had a "Breakfast Club" reunion movie.
Well, I hope you have a good election day. We don't have an election at the new library, but they plan to have it at the old library. We still have lots of questions about this. And it seems we have had long lines here where the you could got for your ballot. A co-worker told me she'd waited and hour and a half just to get her ballot. Meanwhile, Gram is in the hospital because of too many falls. I am not sure assisted living is for her since she doesn't want to bother anyone. She had a broken rib and didn't even know it. 💕🦊😊🍂💛Thanks so much for your comments. I hope you guys are having a delightful fall.
What a heartfelt book, it sounds like!! I love that it follows a reunion from the class of 1960-something! I never went to any of my reunions, either. I do love the storylines of fictional high school reunions though, so it's fun to live it vicariously! 📚💛
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