A book discussion group for readers who like to explore a wide variety of books, from prize-winning fiction in various genres, to newer non-fiction.

The January book is How to Know a Person: the art of seeing others deeply and being deeply seen, by David Brooks.

As author David Brooks observes, 'There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: 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... The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: 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."--(publisher's website)

Copies of How to Know a Person will be available at Solvang Library; ask at the desk.