Named a Debut Book to Look Forward to This Summer by Bustle But how long can an old woman thwart fate? With her quick mind and sense of humor, Kumiko, with the help of friends new and old, is prepared for the fight of her life. Kumiko’s sweet life is shattered when Death’s shadow swoops in to collect her. But something has followed her from her former residence-Death’s shadow. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. When Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it’s not where she wants to be. Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era to the late 20th century. Richly illustrated with archival images from the Library of Congress, the book is destined to become a classic for serious readers of American history. The book features introductions by Rubenstein as well a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead our national library. Now, in The American Story, David captures the brilliance of our most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects. Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful interviewers. And many others, including a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and understand. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M.
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