Take A Walk With A Turtle. And

Take A Walk With A Turtle. And Behold The World In Pause.

When I Was Growing Up, I, Like Many Jews, Cheered What Appeared To Be The Receding Of Faith From Everyday Life. The Further Religion Got From Our Lives The Better Our Lives Would Get, I Thought, Because Persecution Had Been Such A Burden To Jewish Families For Generations.

I'd Say My Best Memory Was Climbing Mt. Fuji, And The Worst Memory Was... Trying To Fit My Feet Into The Free Giveaway Slippers At Japanese Schools.

I Set Out To Write An Anti-parenting Parenting Book.

I Grew Up As A Fifth-generation Jew In The American South, At The Confluence Of Two Great Storytelling Traditions. After Graduating From Yale In The 1980s, I Moved To Japan. For Young Adventure Seekers Like Myself, The White-hot Japanese Miracle Held A Similar Appeal As Russia In 1920s Or Paris In The 1950s.