This is a book to read against a backdrop of birdsong and not the busy twittering (of the electronic variety) and hum offices. If the other contexts I would prefer cannot be readily afforded, it is a book that will serve as a bedside reading. The great thing, though, is the conviction in the writing that the journey can be improved, that the cycle isn’t a closed one, that there can be what the Japanese call Kaizen. I’m tempted to read women into the Ordinary People in the title of the book. Never judge a book by its cover, don’t judge us by the names we are called, we are made of more, proverbial still waters run deep.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2018 04:18 UTC