The Introvert’s Guide to World Book Night
This week in celebration of World Book Night, daughter Manda and I, along with thousands of other “givers,” took to the streets and offered free books to strangers. World Book Night officials report that in the US last year volunteers distributed “half a million books to light and non-readers in 5,800 towns and cities across the country.” I chose to hand out The Language of Flowers—a book loved by three generations of my family—my mother, Manda, and I (although I…