The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaHe is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper, with a ten year old son, who is hired to care for him. And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a

and the novel written by the man who loves her

in the conventional sense

brotherly love

and some spiritual teachers ascribe infinite powers to the mind

• Think critically

Marie Antoinette

and communicate their company's strategy in light of shareholder expectations

How much is your commute time really worth

strange and bewildering process

from Nobel Laureate Svetlana AlexievichWhat did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War

including spiritual

moving to the East Coast for college