Introduction from a new poster here on DU:

[WSSlover]

47. Hi, Hamlette!

Thank you for welcoming me to DU!

Yes, I did read Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, by J. Anthony Lukas--a good many times more than once! It's an excellent book, and my favorite book, to boot!

I always knew what a complicated problem that the mandatory school busing issue was, but Common Ground, and some other books that I've read on the subject, plus actually coming into contact with people who were either Boston public school students at the time of the busing, or parents whose kids were bused to different schools at that time, also gave me some insight as to how complex mandatory school busing during that decade was.