How to Come Home

What is life?

Our daughter Q began college this fall at a small liberal arts college in a small movie-cute town in the Northeast. She was born and raised in New York City but always remained in tension with it, often exhausted by its attentional demands and inescapable hard edges, especially for young women. She was anxious to leave, and when she could, she did.

My wife and I have deep experience with small-town living, and we were curious to see…