20 - The Submission, by Amy Waldman
WHY I PICKED IT: Recommended by a friend of my friend Joanne
ELAPSED TIME: 2 Weeks
RATING: REQUIRED READING
This book is fantastic. An independent jury is reviewing blind submissions for the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. The winner, selected by a majority, is a walled-in garden... but when the envelope listing the architect is opened, his name is Mohammad Khan. What follows is the debate between the jury, the American public, and the architect.
Waldman does a great job of building characters with depth, and shows their varied perspectives ... with respect on both sides of the rational spectrum, while showing the crazies on both sides for what they are.
The book starts slow, but I stayed up until almost 5am to finish it, and couldn't sleep for a while afterwards... thinking about how Waldman wrote a truly honest likely outcome. Highly recommend!
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