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New book by Peter Lovenheim now available!

In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time


In the Neighborhood

"Lovenheim advances ideas about isolation in the modern world, and why a welcoming front porch is needed now more than ever."
   —Booklist

Peter Lovenheim had lived on the same street in suburban Rochester, New York much of his life. But it was only after a brutal murder-suicide rocked the neighborhood that he was struck by a fact of modern life in contemporary American communities: No one really knew anyone else. Thus began Peter's search to meet and get to know his neighbors. Being inquisitive, he did more than just introduce himself. He asked, ever so politely, if he could sleep over.

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