The Last Time I Saw You (Hardcover)

from turtlesleap

I read this for a book group. It's not likely that I would have selected it myself. Essentially, the book follows several people approaching 60, as they prepare to attend their 40th and final high school reunion. The subject is trivial but the author dealt with it credibly enough. The best analog...

from ImperfectCJ

I could have made it to last month's book club at the library, but I wasn't interested in that book at all. This month, we have Elizabeth Berg's The Last Time I Saw You, about a group of individuals who are attending their 40th high school reunion. Having just committed to attend my 20th high sch...

from girlsgonereading

The Last Time I Saw You was not the most influential book that I have read this year, but I don't think that was Elizabeth Berg's intention. Berg didn't focus on racism in the South (The Help) or government produced vampires (The Passage). No. Berg just wrote about what it is like to feel younger...

from EvelynBernard

A fortieth high school reunion affords classmates the opportunity to re-evaluate their lives. Classmates approach the weekend with excitement, enthusiasm and trepidation. Newly divorced; widowed; the popular girl - just diagnosed with ovarian cancer; the nerd summoning up the courage to talk to t...

from Dmtcer

Elizzbeth Berg is one of my favorite authors, although this title was not my favorite by her, I did enjoy reading it. High school reunions and 40 years of built up memories and wonder at how everyone turned out. This is the story of lives that intersected back in high school, split off in differe...