First published 2016
Psychologist and activist Andrew Solomon travels the globe, bearing witness to history's upheavals. He stares down tanks on the Moscow barricades, gets left adrift at the Great Barrier Reef, and parties all night with Kabul's liberated musicians. Through intimate, moving stories, Solomon reveals the humanity at the heart of seismic political and cultural shifts.
Genres: non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water
Setting: Great Barrier Reef, Kabul, Moscow
Period: 21st-century
592 pages · Hardcover · Scribner