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| Summer Reading 2007 The Road from Prosperity by Nancy Welch It is a tradition at Castleton that all first-year students begin their college experience with a "common reading." Your FYS class will discuss the novel on Orientation Weekend, August 24-26. Please come prepared by reading the book carefully and writing an essay. You should send your essay to your FYS instructor at his/her campus address by mid-August. The Road from Prosperity is collection of short stories by a talented new writer, Nancy Welch. Set mostly in Ohio in the 1970s, these stories focus on growing up at a time when the certainties of the American Dream are vanishing. We know you will enjoy reading The Road from Prosperity.
Ms. Welch grew up in the Midwest and teaches English at the University of Vermont. She worked as a secretary and a police reporter before entering college and becoming a writer.
You will receive a writing assignment from your First Year Seminar (FYS) Professor. Please come prepared by reading the book carefully and writing an essay on the topic your teacher wants you to address. You should send or email your essay to your FYS instructor at his/her campus address by Friday, August 17, unless your individual FYS instructor tells you otherwise.. Writing guidelines
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