I love stories with young adult protagonists. Their actions, inner thoughts, their blunders and observations, as they figure out their life, resolve their conflicts, offers an unseen light, a different perspective than those older adults, who should have figured it all out.
There is no end to learning. Wisdom is not time dependent.
A few years back I completed a creative writing course at a local community college, purposely choosing community college instead of graduate level, for the sole reason I wanted to be among young minds, different lives. It was a wonderful and rewarding experience. I learned so much by just listening.
So, for me, Lindsey Owyang and her grandmother, Pau Pau, are The Dim Sum of All Things, the spectrum of all things in life, one end to the other, each casting their own light. And just like color, just like life, it is in the mix, the good and bad, happy and sad, that you find your place in life, your true hue.
A refreshingly lovely book that is good for the soul, sweet for the heart, and a story worth sharing.