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

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such a great idea: a journalist has strangers choose a day, a month, and a year out of a hat and reports it in-depth. The day chosen, December 12, 1986, wasn’t a notable news day and fell on a day of the week and a week of the month notoriously slow for news. But what Weingarten proves is that there’s no such thing as a slow news day. People’s lives are changed. Technology is proven to work or not work. Stories are written. Love blooms or dies. Every day is a complex tapestry and if we have the empathy and patience required, we can see the beauty being woven all around us.