One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten

One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America

Gene Weingarten

384 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced

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On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen completely at random--turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventi...

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funny 18%
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challenging 9%
relaxing 9%
mysterious 4%

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