Steinbeck the moon is down6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() I went home, and I read the entire book that night. It was a short novel by John Steinbeck, a fictionalized account of the Nazi occupation of Norway during the Second World War. And she said, “When you finish, come back and tell me about it.” The title of it was The Moon Is Down. But I liked her and wanted very much to please her, so I said I would do it. She made it clear I didn’t have to read it. And she said, “Well, I’d like you to consider reading a book,” and she handed me a book. She engaged in a little polite conversation, and then she said, “What do you read? What have you been reading lately?” And I said, “Well, not much.” Really, I didn’t read anything other than what was necessary to get by in school. Whiting asked me to come back after class to see her. ![]() “My high school English teacher was an elderly, gracious woman named Elvira Whiting. ![]()
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