Under 30 or maybe 35? This may be a book for you on the coming of age progression of self-awareness into Buddhism. Why the age qualification? It's not that anyone older can't understand it, but it will resonate more with you if you can readily identify with the experiences of someone now in their 20s. Why Buddhism? Because it is a means to the development of the true self and an understanding of one's place in the universe. This is a good book for those in search of an entertaining look at becoming a buddhist with a Tobias Wolff, "This Boy's Life" feel

Timothy

I am an SGI member in Los Angeles. I went to Soka University in Japan to study Japanese 1979. I absolutely loved your book. This is the first book referring to the SGI that I can give to my 17 year old son that he can relate to. Keep up the good work. This is the kind of ground breaking work that President Ikeda expects to come out of SUA. Thanks for everything and please take good care of yourself and your family. You are precious assets for kosen rufu, more precious than perhaps you yourself realize at this moment.

My favorite part of the book by far was the poem on pages 168-169. That is an extremely good poem, and although I am not an expert on poetry you should have someone who knows poetry take a look at it. I think it is truly outstanding, and rates as one of the best poems I have ever read. Why don't you submit the poem by itself to some poetry journals? Unfortunately, I no longer have the book. (I kept a copy of the poem). My friend has it and he was greatly encouraged by it. I think what you did takes tremendous courage, and I heartily congratulate you for it. It is the most difficult thing to put your work out there for the world to see and take shots at.