 because this book the offering of this book is not that this single white guy's story is going to unlock the mysteries of the universe but that there is a power in this form of storytelling and hopefully what the first thing it'll make you want to do is hear other people's stories and that would be a real bummer if you didn't get to do that second thing i'll say is i think it'd be great as a book club i'm also gift you know i'm very lucky to come