A Reader's Secret to Youth
....at first, the line looks like a riddle. Once you decode it, the real meaning reveals itself. We usually think of youth as something we start with and slowly lose. We treat it like sand in an hourglass, watching it slip away while we gather the “serious” things: schedules, responsibilities, and the heavy coats of adulthood. But as I was re-reading A Man Called Ove this month, I realised this story tells a different tale—and it contains a secret for every reader who feels the weight of...