This one is slightly different than the the others we have done in the sense that it falls under the genre of play rather than a novel, but plays are my favorite genre. Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, follows the story of a young girl who falls in love, gets married, and then looks back on life after death. The play when performed is a fabulous piece where everything is pantomimed as to not distract from the story. Emily, the name of the young girl, falls in love with a young boy named George. It starts with Emily talking to her mom about George, to George and Emily talking to each other through windows, to going and getting ice cream, to the marriage.
In the after life Emily yearns to go back to the living and through the help of the character of the Stage Manager, she gets the option to go back and see her twelfth birthday. Through watching what happened she views that life is so beautiful and she can't take it anymore and decides to just go back and be part of the dead where George is kneeling and crying at her grave.
This story teaches lessons of life, death, and love. It shows that life can be short, it's important to have a companion in life and is an absolutely fantastic read.
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