Class Reunion [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Rona Jaffe (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 623 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr (November 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896216756
• ISBN-13: 978-0896216754
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,096,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What A Reunion!, April 23, 2006

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Mercedes L. Johnmeyer "The Most Happy" (Summerville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Class Reunion (Mass Market Paperback)

Since discovering Ms. Jaffe, I've been devouring her books as quickly as I can, though I'm also trying to savour them knowing that once I've read them all, there will be no more. While my favorite is still 'The Road Taken'...'Class Reunion' is my now second favorite.

Emily, Annabel, Chris, and Daphne are young women of the fifties when we meet them; starting their freshmen year at Radcliffe, and looking for potential husbands at the neighboring Harvard. These women are so different, and take such diverse paths in their lives, you can't hardly put the book down without wondering what's gonna happen next! There wasn't a character I didn't like in this book...and the ending was very satisfying.

As soon as I finished this book, I picked up the sequel 'After The Reunion', and I'm lovin' it. I have nothing but praise for Ms. Jaffe's and her books, and am looking forward to all the books of hers that I have yet to read. If your a fan of women's fiction...DEFINITELY give Rona Jaffe a try...you won't be disappointed!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Heartwarming Story About College Life In The 1950's., October 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Class Reunion (Hardcover)

I first read CLASS REUNION after reading Rona Jaffe's THE FAME GAME. I found it to be a hilarious, heartwarming story about four women and how their lives change throughout their college years and lives as wives, mothers, career women, and lovers. There's Annabel, a spirited romantic, Chris, whose love for a man almost destroys her own happiness, Emily whose desire to please results in her own emotional breakdown and Daphne who prefers to look at life through rose colored glasses not realizing the high price that she and her family will pay in the future. Then there are the men in their lives who add to the mix. Max, whose alternative lifestyle will result in a tragedy, Alexander, Chris's husband who manages to hurt the people whom he loves the most, Ken, the perfect doctor whose patience with Emily is tried and tried again, and Richard, Daphne's College Sweetheart who took what he wanted regardless of who he hurt in the process. A wonderful book about women's friendships and the painful reality that as much as you may try, you just can't go back in time.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Class Reunion, January 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Class Reunion (Mass Market Paperback)

A must-read, at least every 5 years before your own class reunion. You'll identify w/each character...the odds are, one will be reminiscent of yourself, another of your best friend! So much so, you'll be wondering if Rona Jaffe stole your diary!! The trials & tribulations of 4 friends, each w/a distinct personality, culture & lifestyle. Linked by memories which are endearing, poignant, humorous, sexual, sometimes shocking. It's typifies life's roller coaster ride. Only the real world could be so unbelievable & unpredictable. A literary hot fudge sundae!