The Class

The Class

On Tuesday, September 6, 1960, the day after Labour Day, class 9G at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in a suburb of Toronto assembled for the first time. Its thirty-five students, having written special exams, came to be known as the ''Selected Class.'' They would stay together through high school, with few......
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On Tuesday, September 6, 1960, the day after Labour Day, class 9G at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in a suburb of Toronto assembled for the first time. Its thirty-five students, having written special exams, came to be known as the ''Selected Class.'' They would stay together through high school, with few exceptions. They would spend more than two hundred days a year together. Few had known each other before. Few have been in other than accidental contact in all the decades since. Their ancestors were almost all from working-class backgrounds. Their parents had lived their formative years through depression and war. They themselves were born into a postwar world of new homes, new schools, new churches. New suburbs. Of new classes like this one. Of boundless possibilities. When almost anything seems within reach, what do we reach for? Ken Dryden was one of these thirty-five. In his varied, improbable life, he had wondered often how he had gotten from there to here. How any of us do. He
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On Tuesday, September 6, 1960, the day after Labour Day, class 9G at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in a suburb of Toronto assembled for the first time. Its thirty-five students, having written special exams, came to be known as the ''Selected Class.'' They would stay together through high school, with few exceptions. They would spend more than two hundred days a year together. Few had known each other before. Few have been in other than accidental contact in all the decades since. Their ancestors were almost all from working-class backgrounds. Their parents had lived their formative years through depression and war. They themselves were born into a postwar world of new homes, new schools, new churches. New suburbs. Of new classes like this one. Of boundless possibilities. When almost anything seems within reach, what do we reach for? Ken Dryden was one of these thirty-five. In his varied, improbable life, he had wondered often how he had gotten from there to here. How any of us do. He decided to try and find his classmates, to see how they are, what they are doing, how life has been for them. They talked many long hours, in a way they had never talked before. Most had married, some divorced, most have kids, many have grandkids. This is the story of a place, a time, and so much more.

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Oppdag 'The Class' – En unik reise gjennom tid

Velkommen til en bemerkelsesverdig fortelling som handler om minner, vennskap og livets uventede vendinger. 'The Class' tar deg med tilbake til 1960, til en tid preget av nye muligheter og drømmer. Dette er ikke bare en bok, men en reise gjennom tilknytninger og historier som har formet mennesker og deres liv.

Hva er 'The Class'?

'The Class' er en rørende gjenfortelling av klasse 9G ved Etobicoke Collegiate Institute i Toronto. Her følger vi trettifem unge sjeler som, til tross for sin varierte bakgrunn, har blitt samlet i en minnerik klasse. Kjent som «Selected Class», tilbringer de mer enn to hundre dager hvert år sammen, og bygger et bånd som vil vare livet ut.

Hovedtrekk ved 'The Class'

  • Forfatter: Ken Dryden
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  • Format: Finnes i både paperback og e-bok

En fortelling om vennskap og livet

I 'The Class' utforsker Ken Dryden hvordan livet har utviklet seg for hans klassekamerater gjennom årene. Fra ungdommelige drømmer til voksenlivets realiteter, fanger denne boken det som binder oss sammen. Hvem er vi blitt, og hva har skjedd med oss etter alle disse årene? Med gripende anekdoter og refleksjoner, berører denne historien hjerter og minner.

Hvorfor lese 'The Class'?

Enten du er en student av livet, en nostalgisk sjel, eller bare elsker gode historier, vil 'The Class' fenge deg. Det er en påminnelse om at livet er en reise – full av vennskap, utfordringer og det uunngåelige spørsmålet: Hvordan har vi kommet hit?

Bli med oss på denne ekstra ordinære reisen med 'The Class' og oppdag hvor *minner kan ta deg.*

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