About the Book: Alone in the Crowd
In a city high-rise, sitting in the balcony on the 25th floor, sipping tea, you
look out into the horizon, city lights glimmering in the distance, cars fading
away as they rush across the highway. You are surrounded by silence though you
can hear the faint noises of the horns honking on the road. You look across at
the building angularly adjoining yours and see shadows move across the large
expansive windows. You wonder what they would be doing?their conversations,
their actions, the scuttling and scurrying movements. You can feel the
melancholy, the lonesomeness. You reflect how it was never