Lost in Yonkers
by Neil Simonpublished
January 1st 1993
by Plume
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binding
Paperback, 128 pages
setting
United States
literary awards
Pulitzer Prize (Drama)
isbn
0452268834
(isbn13: 9780452268838)
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Read in April, 2008
I remember this play being performed at my high school, and I remember it being a very good play. I credit the interesting and quirky characters and the outstanding actors who played those characters. Reading this play as an adult left me disappointed. By the end, I thought, "Really? That's it?" There are a ton of serious issues that flit by on the surface in this book, but nothing is really resolved at the end. Sure, Bella establishes some autonomy and confronts her ragingly nar...more
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Read in August, 1997
When we were younger, my sister and I saw the play. Afterward, we would sit and read from this for hours acting out all the character voices. A touching story about emotional healing during WW II and finding ones self in the process. In my opinion it is one of Neil Simon's best books/plays.
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Read in May, 2006
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Maryann Kimballrecommends it for: those wanting a drama
This is a very different Simon play. It is a very serious play that deals with some difficult moral dilemmas. I particularly like Bella. She is a complex character who delivers a very powerful monologue near the end of the play.
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Read in June, 2007
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high school readers
This is a book about 2 young boys trying to find connection and compassion while living with a very cold grandmother. The search for love where it is absent is beautiful.
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