...In a very literal way. I found in in a used bookstore, and read the entire thing on the spot. So glad that a book like that exists - it's been so interesting and hard navigating friendships as my political consciousness has changed. Some friends stay, some go, each friendship changes. Certainly some friendships become less appealing.

I am not partial to David Mura, after being really frustrated by some parts of his memoir, "Turning Japanese," but I'll give his essay another try.