A 5 page review of Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize winning account of life in Northampton, Massachusetts—entitled "Home Town"--is a spellbinding book that takes the reader into the heart and soul of a typical American small town. Kidder expertly, and seemingly effortlessly, pulls together the compelling stories of various people in Northampton, and, in doing so, reveals the sociologically complex structure that lies beneath the ordinary surface of this typical American city. No additional sources cited.