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janey's review against another edition
4.0
Heilman reminds me of [a:Thomas Lynch|32121|Thomas Lynch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277830151p2/32121.jpg] in the slow, careful look he takes at his seemingly quotidian surroundings.
schmelky's review
4.0
There are two ways to expose deep truths: write as explicitly as possible with precise language to try and translate your own truth to text, OR to expose truth through often more humble stories and words that harness common experience to leverage individual meaning. And there are probably more, but basically tell or show or show or tell.
This book accomplishes a middle ground of both. I found myself agreeing with the lessons I’ve learned through my own experiences reminded to me by the stories in each chapter. Somehow they all feel like they come back to a common thread of humanity and how hard it is to grasp how similar and dissimilar we all are.
He writes clearly and with what seems to be a knowledge of the end goal. Like a person who anticipates what you need to learn and can bring personal anecdote to reveal relation between scenarios. It’s something I personally am not good at, but am deeply moved by in his writing. Reminded me of Jim Harrison, but you know, non-fiction, and more punctuation.
This book accomplishes a middle ground of both. I found myself agreeing with the lessons I’ve learned through my own experiences reminded to me by the stories in each chapter. Somehow they all feel like they come back to a common thread of humanity and how hard it is to grasp how similar and dissimilar we all are.
He writes clearly and with what seems to be a knowledge of the end goal. Like a person who anticipates what you need to learn and can bring personal anecdote to reveal relation between scenarios. It’s something I personally am not good at, but am deeply moved by in his writing. Reminded me of Jim Harrison, but you know, non-fiction, and more punctuation.