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Archive for May 22, 2010

THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU by Elizabeth Berg

Why would anyone want to attend their fortieth high school reunion? We find out in Elizabeth Berg’s bittersweet novel, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU. The author introduces us to a diverse group of people in their late fifties who still remember what it was like to be an adolescent at Whitley High.

May 22, 2010  Tags: Contemporary, Reunion  Posted in: Contemporary, Life Choices, Mid-Life Crisis  No Comments

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