Part one of term paper
It is a rare and precious occasion when we stumble accross a book that grabs us and pulls us in so closely that we feel an unmistakeable bond between ourselves and the characters in the book. A bond so close that we see and feel where the author is coming from. I recently came accross a novel by Elizabeth Berg entitled Durable Goods. I fo ...

Part two of term paper
... considered fictional, yet the reader is left awe of how real her images become as the stories progress. One thing her writing has taught me is never to sit down with one of her novels and expect to walk away unaffected. The wonderful messages in her writings “will find a place in your soul, and stay there,” as so elequently stated by critic, Christopher Tilghman. Katie is the narrator of the story. About twelve years old, Katie is waiting for puberty to hit, waiting for prince charming, wa ...