In Sarah Ruhl’s new book, “Lessons From My Teachers,” the author doesn’t rehash obvious tips we’ve heard before, but digs deeper, sharing subtle wisdom from unlikely sources. These are individuals not expected to be included, like a gardener who opened up her eyes to much more than keeping a begonia alive, or how an ill-fated meeting with a disgraced Hollywood mogul gave the author a lesson about power.
It’s the kind of book a reader is meant to savor and allow the wisdom to settle by taking the time to ponder each lesson before moving on to the next. These essays may appear to be simple parables at first, but in fact, each provides an unexpected takeaway from the circumstances the author finds herself in and the people she meets along the way.
