January 2021
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
5h 35m
English
It was the evening of May 18th. I had been quarantined in Connecticut for two months and five days with my family. My daughter Julia and I had returned to New York City for one night to pick up some spring clothes.
I was standing in my office, which overlooks West End Avenue, when the clock struck 7:00 p.m. Like clockwork, people of all ages opened their windows, banged pots and pans, and shouted at the top of their lungs. Julia and I joined in as I caught the eye of someone in the building across the street, and we both smiled.
Even in the face of so much death and uncertainty, this ritual transformed my day—and the day of so many others—into magic. But how?
First, we felt a strong sense of belonging and like ...
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