Reviews
"No matter what generation we belong to, we all measure ourselves against our former high school classmates. Chris Colin, one of his generation's most talented new voices, offers us a look at his class of '93 that is alternately funny, dismaying, touching and inspiring. He reunites with his old classmates to ask them the probing questions we wish we could ask at our own high school reunions: who really were you -- underneath your label of class nerd, nympho, clown, jock or queen -- and who really are you today?"-David Talbot, Founder and Editor in Chief, Salon.com "We know one thing about the current generation of twenty-somethings: They have no clear road signs to direct them into adulthood. The question of how to live a good life is up for grabs and that makes the stories told in "What Really Happened to the Class of '93" so damn interesting. Faced with such unprecedented freedom, some have thrived, creating lives that are expressions of their personality. Others have frozen-up or worse. Colin does us all a service by avoiding the standard stereotypes and giving his generation new and complex stories to tell." Ethan Watters, author of Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family and Commitment "With this book, Chris Colin exorcises the demons of high school, something we all wish we'd done a long time ago. Is it already appropriate to write nostalgically about 1993? Lord, I'm old."--Neal Pollack, author of The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature and Never Mind The Pollacks, "No matter what generation we belong to, we all measure ourselves against our former high school classmates. Chris Colin, one of his generation's most talented new voices, offers us a look at his class of '93 that is alternately funny, dismaying, touching and inspiring. He reunites with his old classmates to ask them the probing questions we wish we could ask at our own high school reunions: who really were you -- underneath your label of class nerd, nympho, clown, jock or queen -- and who really are you today?"-David Talbot, Founder and Editor in Chief, Salon.com "We know one thing about the current generation of twenty-somethings: They have no clear road signs to direct them into adulthood. The question of how to live a good life is up for grabs and that makes the stories told in "What Really Happened to the Class of '93" so damn interesting. Faced with such unprecedented freedom, some have thrived, creating lives that are expressions of their personality. Others have frozen-up or worse. Colin does us all a service by avoiding the standard stereotypes and giving his generation new and complex stories to tell." Ethan Watters, author ofUrban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family and Commitment "With this book, Chris Colin exorcises the demons of high school, something we all wish we'd done a long time ago. Is it already appropriate to write nostalgically about 1993? Lord, I'm old."--Neal Pollack, author ofThe Neal Pollack Anthology of American LiteratureandNever Mind The Pollacks
