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...shame, too, because Adams has taken the sort of thing Rona Jaffe '51 and Faye Levine '65 do, and done it better. Three of the four main characters, while stereotypes simply because they are exactly what we have come to expect from Radcliffe, do engage the reader for a while; will they follow formula or break out of the mold? If they become social deviants, will it be in a typical fashion or by doing something genuinely unacceptable? The rigid social structure of the old Radcliffe was still in place when Adams and her characters attended the school-pincurls...
...Rona Shapiro '84, $1500, for her senior thesis entitled "'Papa, I Have a Voice Now'; Mothers, Fathers and the Path Toward Authorship in the Works of Jewish Women Writers in America, 1910-1940"--Dr. Judith Kates, Tutor...
...good book also pops up in Class Reunion, by Rona Jaffe '51, a 1979 novel that follows four women from their years at Radcliffe in the 50s to their 20th reunion. The most adventurous of the quartet is Annabel, who goes on a freshman year date with a young man named Richard, by reputation the most experienced member of the Harvard freshman class...
...peace is not within our reach, moving toward it, learning to talk rather than scream, certainly is. Rona Shapiro '84 Member, H-R Zionist Alliance
Ellen B. Resnick '86 lives in Weld North and is currently the editor of the Israel Weekly Perspective. Rona G. Shapiro '84. Chairman of the Harvard Radcliffe Zionist Alliance contributed to this piece...