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Our Town

Thornton Wilder,

Donald Margulies (Foreword)

Start date: January 1, 2018

Finish date: January 31, 2018

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Jun 17, 2019 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, plays

Thornton Wilder’s iconic depiction of life in an American small town circa 1920. Act One is centered around the mundane, everyday occurrences of life...getting breakfast with the family, doing homework, milk deliveries, newspaper boys tossing the daily read onto the doorstep. Act Two marks an important cornerstone of small town life--a wedding. And, Act Three brings all this living into focus in a poignant way.

What makes reading this all the more moving, is that the way of life described has al ...more

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Jan 06, 2018 Laurene rated it it was amazing

The last time I read Our Town was when I was a sophomore in high school. I loved it then so this was like reading an old friend. I joined a group to challenge me to read novels I probably would not have picked up on my own. By reading the forward by Donald Marguilies, I absolutely agree with him, "when you were too young to appreciate how enriching it might be" -- I was 15 years old. Now I have some life experiences behind me -- meeting my husband, falling in love, marriage, kids, death of pare ...more

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