Fall river dreams by bill reynolds6/24/2023 In this lyrical, deeply felt, unforgettable book, Bill Reynolds spends a season with the kids, coaches, families, teachers, and fans of Durfee basketball. Immigrants from Ireland, Canada, England, Portugal, Lebanon, and elsewhere settled there, all pursuing the American dream, striving to attain one of the Victorian homes in the city's prestigious Highlands.īut the mills began to close after World War I, and today Fall River is like many American towns, struggling with a changing economy: the mills are empty monuments, unemployment is high, crime and school drop-out rates are rising.Įach autumn, however, the Durfee High School basketball team revives Fall River's dreams. Then, Fall River was a small but prosperous city, fueled by the 140 mills that made it the world's leading textile center. This is A Book About Youth and what time does to it, about fathers and mothers and sons and daughters, about an American town in search of its past, where the high school basketball team carries a century's worth of dreams into each game.įall River, Massachusetts, became famous for Lizzie Borden, the wealthy spinster accused of axe-murdering her parents in the 1890s.
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