... and developed a deep respect for it. When he was twelve his family moved to Madison, where he attended High School. At the age of 13, Wright witnessed the collapse of the State of Wisconsin Capital Building on itself, killing 40 workers that were inside. Wright watched the events all day and was traumatized spending a long time pondering how something like this could ... shelters the house and covers the entrance and the bay window from the living room. On entering one must turn to the left to avoid the staircase, and then enter into the living room to face the inglenook fireplace, a co...

• Word Count: 2166
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... an authentic, brilliant, satiric picture of the morning commute. There is noth-ing fantastical here, just plain, powerful observations of the way things are. This description supports Lightman's theme effectively. We see Bill's terribly productive businessman-neighbor glibly announce that he's read-ing, while in reality he is listening to the book-on-tape version of The Bridges of Madison County. We listen to one of the three voicemail messages Bill has received ... on his cell-phone in the past twenty minutes. We stop to read a company's tempting slogan, "Work wherever, whenever." (6-7...

• Word Count: 1288
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School