Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became

by Elizabeth Fishel

"It was from my curiosity about the gap between childhood dreams and midlife realities, between youthful promise and womanly fulfillment, that the idea for this book was conceived. Raised to believe... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679449833
• ISBN13: 9780679449836
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining Book

Fortunately, I purchased "Reunion" prior to the posting of the above review! I found "Reunion" to be a fascinating story and free of the oppressive "insights", "dramas" and "accomplishments" that are force-fed to us by graduates of Wellesley, Radcliffe and Vassar. How delightful to see how much in common we "commoners" have with those who were priviledged enough to attend an elite school. I suspect that previous reviewers, possibly graduates of Wellesley, Radcliffe and Vasar, are loathe to find the myth of their superiority shattered by such a down-to-earth snapshot of a group of women who should have, in their (the previous reviewers') world-view, become bastions of Brahmin society. I was particularly struck by the character "Emma". Today's culture and society would benefit greatly by appreciating and nurturing the "Emma's" of our society. Peace-loving, generous and wise women of our world are too frequently overlooked, or their value dismissed, by vacuous and elitist Wellesley grads. Bravo to Elizabeth Fishel for her courage in sharing with us these true portraits!