After his quiet suburban neighborhood is rocked by a brutal murder-suicide, Peter Lovenheim undertakes a somewhat unusual project: He decides to meet his neighbors by inviting himself to sleep over.
Part memoir, part social experiment, part exploration of a central aspect of modern life, In the Neighborhood brings us inside the homes and everyday lives of several of Lovenheim's neighbors, and in the process helps us see our own lives in a new light. Lovenheim's heartfelt quest raises the question: What is lost when we live as strangers to each other, and how can we find a way to reconnect?
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Part memoir, part social experiment, part exploration of a central aspect of modern life, In the Neighborhood brings us inside the homes and everyday lives of several of Lovenheim's neighbors, and in the process helps us see our own lives in a new light. Lovenheim's heartfelt quest raises the question: What is lost when we live as strangers to each other, and how can we find a way to reconnect?
Here is a link to some more questions for discussion: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/in_the_neighborhood.html