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A review by book_concierge
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
4.0
This is a true classic. I'm glad I've seen it performed because I believe it is more powerful than simply reading it. (But, in general, that can be said of all plays.) Although it takes place in a small New Hampshire town pre WW I, I find much of it is universal and still relevant today.
We had planned to discuss this book with a group of 8th-grade girls from an inner-city school for at-risk girls. But two weeks before the scheduled book club their teacher informed me that she preferred the girls read and discuss Steinbeck's "The Pearl." I was still glad I took time to read "Our Town."
We had planned to discuss this book with a group of 8th-grade girls from an inner-city school for at-risk girls. But two weeks before the scheduled book club their teacher informed me that she preferred the girls read and discuss Steinbeck's "The Pearl." I was still glad I took time to read "Our Town."