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Wednesday Evening Book Club - In-Person

2025-03-12 18:30:00 2025-03-12 20:00:00 America/New_York Wednesday Evening Book Club - In-Person Join us to discuss How To Know A Person by David Brooks White Oak Library -

Wednesday, March 12
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-12 18:30:00 2025-03-12 20:00:00 America/New_York Wednesday Evening Book Club - In-Person Join us to discuss How To Know A Person by David Brooks White Oak Library -

Join us to discuss How To Know A Person by David Brooks

Join us to discuss How to Know A Person by David Brooks.

According to extracts from the synopsis from Goodreads.com this is

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain

As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”

And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us if you want to know a person...

 ... How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly, How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.

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AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures and Discussions |

TAGS: | Indoor Program |

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