Priya Parker is a consultant on and creator of the kind of gatherings that people remember for the rest of their lives. Her specialties include designing rituals to enter people into and gracefully release them from social spaces and helping people open up to the kind of rich, deep, vulnerable conversation that makes us feel seen and less alone. This book is woven through with dozens of delightful stories of gatherings from around the world, ranging from weddings, funerals, dinner parties, live theater, work conferences, international political negotiations to picnics out with friends. If you have a big gathering to plan in your own life, or are just interested in the subject of why humans gather and how to make gatherings meaningful I recommend this book. It hits especially hard in 2020, the year in which non of us can gather in person safely.