Notes from Sept 2017 group

The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg – Discussed on Wed Sept. 6, 2017 at Geneseo Library

As onetime classmates meet up over the course of a weekend for their fortieth high school reunion, they discover things that will irrevocably affect the rest of their lives. For newly divorced Dorothy, the reunion brings with it the possibility of finally attracting the attention of the class heartthrob. For the ever self-reliant, ever left-out Mary Alice, it’s a chance to reexamine a painful past. For Lester, a veterinarian and widower, it is the hope of talking shop with a fellow vet—or at least that’s what he tells himself. For Candy, the class beauty, it’s the hope of finding friendship before it’s too late. As these and other classmates converge for the reunion dinner, four decades melt away: desires and personalities from their youth reemerge, and new discoveries are made. For so much has happened to them all.

This was an easy to read, light book.  We all could relate to the class reunion topic and the cast of characters. Teen years are an emotional time.  We had good discussion on our high school years – what was important and why.  Everyone shared reunion stories.  Our group had mixed opinions on this book.