rebekah's review
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
rebekah's review
rating:
recommended for: Jane Jacobs fans, concernced citizens
status: Read in July, 2007
rating:
recommended for: Jane Jacobs fans, concernced citizens
status: Read in July, 2007
I tried to start this book last year, after her funeral. Jane was my Great Aunt. But I couldn't bring myself to turn the pages after she died. I don't know why, I am sure she is pleased that people will read her books and she can live on through the written page, ideas that matter...but it just made me sad...So a year later I picked it up again and had a good read. I really enjoyed it on a personal level mentions of my grandfather and cousins...and to hear her voice once more, besides the ghostly whispers I get every now and again when I wonder what the hell I am doing with my life. Anyway, I liked it even though it made me sad thinking about the collapse of many great cultures and watching our own not- so- great culture go right down the crapper.
I wish I hadn't waited to read it until after she died. But I can hear her now, "Oh that's fine, I am just glad you found the time to read it." I am glad too.
I wish I hadn't waited to read it until after she died. But I can hear her now, "Oh that's fine, I am just glad you found the time to read it." I am glad too.
