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Bel Kaufman dead at 103

#1 Post by zachhoran1 » Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:55 am

nytimes.com reports the Up the Down Staircase author died at age 103.
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#2 Post by gsabc » Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:06 am

Loved that book. Interesting backstory.

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#3 Post by silverscreenselect » Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:13 am

zachhoran1 wrote:nytimes.com reports the Up the Down Staircase author died at age 103.
Another person not worth of an RIP.

And another I would have sworn had died years ago. I remember reading the book when I was in high school, before the movie came out.
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#4 Post by Estonut » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:03 am

silverscreenselect wrote:Another person not worth of an RIP.
ZAch has problems with capitalization.
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#5 Post by christie1111 » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:28 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
zachhoran1 wrote:nytimes.com reports the Up the Down Staircase author died at age 103.
Another person not worth of an RIP.

And another I would have sworn had died years ago. I remember reading the book when I was in high school, before the movie came out.
Do I have to look up the author or read the book to understand why they would not get an RIP?

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:40 am

christie1111 wrote:Do I have to look up the author or read the book to understand why they would not get an RIP?

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I think SSS was commenting on (and Esto was replying to) zach's habit of never including a RIP in his death notice posts.
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#7 Post by christie1111 » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:03 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:Do I have to look up the author or read the book to understand why they would not get an RIP?

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I think SSS was commenting on (and Esto was replying to) zach's habit of never including a RIP in his death notice posts.
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Re: Bel Kaufman dead at 103

#8 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:34 am

A group of us from grade school have gotten into the habit of having a FB chat session every three or four months.

The last time we got together, we talked about what books we would revisit. Books we liked and hadn't read for ages. A couple of them said A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- which as many of you might remember, is a book that Fanny, Catfish and I revisit on a regular basis.

Mine was Up the Down Staircase.
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