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"Goat Brothers" was a memoir of a man and the lives of 3 or 4 of his brothers after their fraternity years.
"Loose Change" by Sarah Davidson (Davis?). She tells about her life at UC-Berkeley in the mid-to late '60's, just as the Free Speech/Anti-war movements began. It's interesting to read about her being all gung-ho sorority girl to becoming part of the movement. (This book was made into a NBC mini-series. It's semi-famous because NBC accidently showed 20 minutes of part 3 before anyone at the network noticed. They interrupted the show, apologized, and then showed part 2. John Belushi made a funny comment about it on an episode of SNL.)
"Toward What Bright Glory?" is a fiction book surrounding fraternity brothers right before World War II starts. It's a little heavy handed, covers a lot of subjects - racism, gays, anti-Semitism, etc. But, it's pretty interesting. It's set at Stanford.
The author, Allen Drury, treats fraternity life respectfully.
Anne Rivers Siddons has written two fiction novels that have sorority backgrounds. "Heartbreak Hotel" is about a sorority girl and her introduction to racism in the mid-50's. Mrs. Siddons used real sorority and fraternity names. It's a pretty good book and fairly accurately portrays attitudes in the deep South in the '50's.
The second book is "Outer Banks". This one alternates between the lives of four sorority sisters during their school years and their lives when they reunite years later. It's interesting. Mrs. Siddons is a member of Chi Omega if I remember correctly. Both books treat sorority life respectfully.
If you can't tell, I love to read, and I read alot. lol
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Last edited by LaneSig; 04-19-2006 at 09:05 PM.
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