One of the most impactful books I’ve ever read.
For me too… nod to my earlier comment
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I’m fortunate in that I didn’t have to live through any wartime, but I felt it important to honor those that did.
So 25+ years ago, as part of my senior performance piece to graduate college, I memorized and performed a chapter from The Things They Carried, specifically “How to Tell a True War Story” chapter.
I was only in my 20’s at the time (like any college senior), but I took the work seriously, and at the end, you could hear a pin drop. I like to think I honored Tim O’Brien and the men he fought with. My dad (a peacetime vet), said it surprised him with how much it moved him.
All that to say it is a great, great book.
Wow… I would love to be a fly on the wall of any/all those discussions… did you find that they would change year to year? Kind of follow the same themes in general? Anything that stood out?
That book had a hand in shaping me in my 20’s, it just hit so hard.