If I Had to Recommend a Book

Momo is a kids’ book that, as an adult, I red twice. I don’t usually do re-reads. For me reading a novel, is often something I do once, and after that, I give the book away (I bought Momo again for the second read 😆 - this time I kept it).

Very often when someone asks me for a book recommendation, I say Momo. Why? I think I do it because it goes to the important things. The stuff that is good to learn as a kid, and re-learn as an adult, when we forget.

One of the passages that struck me the most from the book is when the men in grey try to convince Momo to play with “Lola, the Living Doll”, instead of with her friends. Momo responds wisely to the man in grey, explaining she can’t bond with the doll as she can with her friends (I’m paraphrasing here).

One of the topics that are central to the teachings of the book is the importance of listening. Momo is not a superhero or a “cool kid”; she doesn’t have anything others don’t - in fact, she has less than most. But she knows how to listen to people, and to connect with them through it. That’s an important superpower we always need to remember.

Another important topic in the book, maybe the main one, is the importance of time. And how modern society, the world we live in, makes us focus on distant goals that rob the present away from us. And it’s a kids’ book 😆. I love it.