The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

by N.K. Jemisin

It’s easy for a nonprofit administrator to lose touch with her purpose. Life can become nothing but grant applications and payroll problems, supply orders and fund-raising schmoozes, if one isn’t careful.

An apt statement for nonprofits and all satisfying business endeavors.

The alternative is to challenge her own belief that the Woman in White isn’t so bad. This would force her to question her own judgment and biases and find them wanting.

Racing along through this crazy and fantastical journey, we stop for inner reflections. Another silent moment where this story shines its heart.

“You eat each other’s cuisines and learn new techniques, new spice combinations, trade for new ingredients; you grow stronger. You wear each other’s fashions and learn new patterns to apply to your lives, and because of it you grow stronger. Even just one new language infects you with a radically different way of thinking!