In emSmall Life, em strongKarol Nielsenstrong shares precise little snapshots of New York streetscapes and the people she meets there, always wondering if she truly belongs. The homeless, the street vendors, dog walkers, and more are each presented with compassion and just the right details, in all their unique humanity. Not till quarantine in a leafy Connecticut suburb does the author note that hers is a small life. Her readers realize that despite any accident of birth, Nielsen is a New Yorker. She relishes life there in the before times, and looks forward to after.pstrong-Katherine Flannery Dering, strong author of the memoir emShot in the Head, empemA Sister's Memoir, a Brother's Struggleem and the poetry chapbook emAftermathempbrpA veteran observer of international events, the indomitable strongKarol Nielsenstrong whose memoirem Black Elephantsem describes being newly engaged in a war zone turns the current lockdown into an opportunity to deep dive into her present circumstances s