Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences - Matthew J. C. Clark

Set in rural Maine, Bjarki, Not Bjarki is an expansive book. It is a standard work of journalism, describing with nuance and humanity the people and processes that transform the forest into your floor. It is also a meditation on what it means to know another person and to connect with them, especially in an increasingly polarized America.