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"Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's death, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of driving in the city. Embracing the DF (Mexico City) as his home, Goldman explores and celebrates the city, which stands defiantly apart from so many of the social ills and violence wracking Mexico... [and] sets out to try to understand the menacing challenges the city now faces... [resulting in] an account of one of the world's most remarkable and often misunderstood cities"--Amazon.com.