If This Road
6 hours ago
- #change
- #community
- #reflection
- The book 'If This Road' consists of 39 short pieces, designed to be read slowly, either one per night or in an afternoon.
- It explores feelings of change and loss through examples like the closure of local shops, reduced library hours, and disappearing community spaces.
- The author uses the voice of a childless, middle-aged woman to highlight unnoticed societal shifts, focusing on themes like thinning friendships and changing neighborhoods.
- The book is free to read, download, and share, licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0, with permissions for translation and distribution, as long as it's not sold for profit.
- Doug Scott, the author, has a background in technology but frames the book as a personal, non-academic reflection on holding onto small, meaningful things in hard times.