The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
#0The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 8:38pmI just read this yesterday and loved it. Did anyone else hear read it? What did you think?
#1re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 8:46pm
I've never heard of this boy, book, play?
I did have the privilege of visiting the Anne Frank House last January.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#2re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 8:48pmIt's about Peter's life had he survived and moved to America. I found it very captivating.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#3re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:15pmThat's on my "must read" list. I visited Ann Frank's House in Amsterdam this summer. Just walking past the famous bookcase and climbing the steps (actually a ladder) into the attic gave me chills. Once there, though, I found the attic to be somewhat larger than I had imagined.
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#4re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:22pmI highly reccommend it. You won't be disappointed.
#5re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:38pmfirst time I went to the Anne Frank Huis was in 1974. I am sure it is still as moving as it was then. My only cpmplaint was all the tourist crap at the end of the tour.......
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
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#6re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 10:41pmElphaba, I'll always treasure my Anne Frank Oven Mitt!
#7re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 10:46pmDollypop, I'm sure it seems a lot bigger to someone spending a few minutes there by choice than by seven people forced to exile themselves there with no escape for a period of time.
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#8re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 11:28pmJoe_I'm sorry that I want to talk to BWWers who like reading historical fiction, and who may or may not have enjoyed this book. There was no need for that remark.
#9re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/23/05 at 11:31pm
Dollypop--you seemed to have missed the point.
Again.
#10re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/24/05 at 1:13am
I visited the Anne Frank House a few weeks ago in Amsterdam. I didn't notice anything tasteless about the gift shop; I believe all they sold was the diary in different languages.
I think the reason the attic seems larger in real life was the lack of furniture. I personally found the experience surreal and chilling, that seven people had lived in such confined quarters to escape persecution sixty years ago.
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#11re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 3:27pmNever heard of this book but I'm going to add it to my Amazon order when I get home. Thanks for the suggestion!
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#12re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 3:36pm
ok, get off Joe's case.....I'm Jewish, and it didn't bother me at all. In fact, I laughed.
Would I say it to my living relatives who were in the camps? No, but sometimes PC goes a bit too far...and sometimes you just have to laugh things off......
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
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#13re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 3:58pmOnce again, Elphaba shows himslef to be the voice of reason.
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#14re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 4:00pmBy the way Elphaba, I loved Bruges! Thanks for recommending it. I had the best chocolate in my life.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 5:32pm
The gift shop was filled with numerous books, videos and posters--all of them of an educational nature. I bought numerous posters and pictures for my classroom.
Pal Joey, what point did I miss?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Updated On: 10/25/05 at 05:32 PM
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#16re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 6:38pm
Thank you Elphaba! I'm sorry that people thought my crack was inappropriate-- I was in the play the Diary of Anne Frank many many years ago and can remember hours of tasteless Anne Frank jokes that helped us to lighten the mood. I am one of those handful of people who think that ireverence is always in order.
And despite all the angry messages and rude privates I got, I still believe, after all, that people are basically good at heart.
#17re: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Posted: 10/25/05 at 7:28pmbluewizard......in the 1970's the giftshop was way overboard
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
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