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"In 1969, I, Tory Bauer, was a high school sophomore. For me, a Life and Death issue involved finding a date for Homecoming. The only thing I had in common with the rest of my generation was the notion that love was all we'd need and an unshakable confidence in our own immortality." "Unfortunately we were wrong on both counts." "It took a couple of decades, a few tragedies and betrayals, and a windy afternoon standing along the bank of the James River looking down at a dead body in the water show more for me to realize that the past has a long reach." "And that high school lasts forever." "In 1969, I, Tory Bauer, was a high school sophomore. For me, a Life and Death issue involved finding a date for Homecoming. The only thing I had in common with the rest of my generation was the notion that love was all we'd need and an unshakable confidence in our own immortality." "Unfortunately we were wrong on both counts." "It took a couple of decades, a few tragedies and betrayals, and a windy afternoon standing along the bank of the James River looking down at a dead body in the water for me to realize that the past has a long reach." "And that high school lasts forever." show lessTags
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Protagonist: Tory Bauer, diner waitress
Setting: present-day small town Delphi, South Dakota
Series #3
It's Homecoming time in Delphi, and what better to stir up all the gossip mills in town than the return of Delphi-native-turned-Hollywood-star? Especially when she left town the night a boy drowned in the James River! I continue to enjoy the characterization in these books and the memories they dredge up from my own youth in a very small town.
Setting: present-day small town Delphi, South Dakota
Series #3
It's Homecoming time in Delphi, and what better to stir up all the gossip mills in town than the return of Delphi-native-turned-Hollywood-star? Especially when she left town the night a boy drowned in the James River! I continue to enjoy the characterization in these books and the memories they dredge up from my own youth in a very small town.
This series showed great promise with the initial book, stumbled a bit
with the second, but hits it's stride with this episode. I couldn't
find a thing to complain about, the characters stayed true to form, the
background story advanced satisfactorily, and while the mystery wasn't
that hard to solve, it played out well, made sense, and was well
written. Even the ending wasn't too "abrupt" this time, which IMO is
one of Taylor's weaknesses.
with the second, but hits it's stride with this episode. I couldn't
find a thing to complain about, the characters stayed true to form, the
background story advanced satisfactorily, and while the mystery wasn't
that hard to solve, it played out well, made sense, and was well
written. Even the ending wasn't too "abrupt" this time, which IMO is
one of Taylor's weaknesses.
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20+ Works 1,507 Members
A prolific writer and crafter, Kathleen Taylor has written more than 500 articles and reviews for craft magazines
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- Hotel South Dakota
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- Tory Bauer
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