Book Review: Remaking the Space between Us

 
Remaking the Space between Us, by DIANA McLAIN SMITH, is a book in 4 parts. In part 1, Remembering the Forgotten Road to Now, the book finds America as a nation, where polarization is omnipresent, and exhorts all to come together and learn from each other. How, cooperation and empathy can address the discord in today's politics and society. Part 2 begins by examining how an easy attempt could be made, inspired by a President, to overturn an election, and how, it brings up a dire need to unlock our minds. If not, we are likely to end up with the path, Nazi Germany took to address the problem of a pluralistic society. Come Part 3, and the discussion is about the need for friendships and closing the gap between each of us. The last part dwells on the possibility of using all those divisive forces for our good. Where, there is always an effort to understand and empathize with the “other side”. And also to outwit misinformation, what should be a staple part of the times.
I agree with the author. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Effectively, every page of this book prods the reader to take efforts to make a change. This is a fantastic read, tastefully spliced with anecdotes, quotations, and snippets of history. I couldn't put it down till I crossed the last page.