mikifoo 's review for:

The Box Social & Other Stories by James Reaney

5.0

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Please note that I ONLY read the title story, "The Box Social". I first read "The Box Social" in elementary school. I must have been in grade 8 because my grade 8 teacher never shied away from serious issues in the literature we read. I think she's the only teacher who would have had the guts to allow us to read it. It haunted me then. It haunts me now. I'm thankful that my grade 8 teacher introduced me to Canadian James Reaney though. Not only did he teach at UWO (the university in my hometown where I completed my BA), but he was born in a small town close to London (Ontario).

This is such a good short story. If you're able to, please read it.

[Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=piYDjAbSnTQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#v=onepage&q&f=false]