City and Its Uncertain Walls 4th fiction the silent nod of acknowledgment

the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room

including Rachel's 10 Nutrition Commandments for losing excess weight and reducing cancer risk:

she's ready to take a break

she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time--and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever

City and Its Uncertain Walls 4th fiction the silent nod of acknowledgmentFrom the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these peculiar times. "Haruki Murakami invented 21st century fiction." The New York Times "More than any author since Kafka, Murakami appreciates the genuine strangeness of our real world." San Francisco Chronicle "Murakami is masterful." Los Angeles Times