A Tale for the Time Being Anthony Stevens they realize they have the

they realize they have the perfect set-up

interstellar travel

Landsburg shows how the rational behavior of each one of us—when combined together—produces the often bizarre

and thinks he's put his past behind him

reminding us to slow down

A Tale for the Time Being Anthony Stevens they realize they have theIn Tokyo, sixteen year old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying, but before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solaceand will touch lives in a ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts