Pick up a copy of J. D. Salinger's "Pretty Mouth and My Green Eyes, read it and discuss it from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the weekly "Short Stories for Long Days" discussion at Darien Library.
Free copies of the short story are available at the library. The story, written by Salinger for The New Yorker, was collected in his Nine Stories (where you can also find it, if you have that book).
Want to learn more about the story (not that you need to)? Take a look here:
- From the Grade Saver website (is it cheating to look at this? Even for a book discussion?)
- Subscribe to the New Yorker? If so, you can read the whole thing here.
- How 'bout a nine-minute (and 20 seconds) video adaptation on YouTube?
- This New York Times blog post brings up the idea that the story is based on a date J.D. Salinger had with this woman.
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