52 Books in a year - Week Eight - In the Neighborhood

52 Books in a Year – Week eight – In the Neighborhood

I have been waiting to read this book for almost a full year now – I read an excerpt in the magazine “The Week” and finally have had the time to sit down and enjoy it. The book centers around the author discussing the need to find community in the neighborhoods we live in – the fact that it does not exist. The author, Peter Lovenheim goes from house to house asking if he can have a sleepover with this neighbors. Through many closed doors, Lovenheim discovers that while most neighbors desire privacy in their own homes, they truly long for this sense of community. In times of emergency and distress, many community members learn they have nobody they can lean on, making for a very undesirable way to live.