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Book Review of In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time

In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time
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Such a small book and yet, a book with great power. If you are open to books about real people and how we all live in this world, you also may find your heart touched as I have. I found myself thinking that I recognized people like those that I have known in places where I have lived. At times in this reading I stopped and said aloud to myself "Hey, I get it! I never thoght about it that way, but I understand what he is saying here." We all are admonished to "stop and smell the roses" but, we also should take the time to get past the "hi/goodbye" passing of two people and start to talk to and learn about each other. We may just discover that some people around us are priceless and can give us the lasting gift of friendship.