Daylight Saving Time

by Peter Doobinin

Daylight Saving Time is Peter Doobinin's second novel in his projected trilogy about the Long Island suburbs. Like his first book, Suburban Boy, the novel tells the intimate story of a native of these so-called Baby Boom suburbs. The novel spans a fifty year period, chronicling the main character's life from the early days of his childhood, through his adult years as he attempts to find meaning and joy in his middle class existence. The book, the protagonist tells us, is a "document" his life.

473 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 6, 2019

About the author

Peter Doobinin is the author of the dharma book, The Skill of Living, and the novel, Suburban Boy. His writing has appeared in the anthology Commit to Sit; Tricycle; The New York Times, and other publications. Peter was born in 1955 and spent the better part of his formative years in the baby boom suburbs of Long Island. He attended college at the University of Pennsylvania and SUNY Binghamton. After working in the publishing industry for Simon & Schuster for more than twenty years, he left in 1997 to pursue less worldly interests. Today he lives in Berlin, where he writes and teaches meditation. Peter was a co-founder of New York Insight Meditation Center, and in 2002 founded Downtown Meditation Community. He was the guiding teacher of Downtown Meditationi for more than 15 years. He’s been teaching the dharma (the Buddha’s path) for more than 20 years. Through the years he’s taught at many venues, including the New York City public schools. As a teacher in NYC and Berlin, Peter’s foremost interest is in helping people follow the Buddha’s teachings within the context of their contemporary urban lives. He is currently working on another novel and another dharma book.