![]() ![]() ![]() Boys and girls come to Momo’s amphitheatre to play, knowing that each game they invent while Momo is there will be better than the last.īut then the gray men come, men with gray cars, gray suits, gray briefcases, and gray cigars. ![]() Grown-ups come to her, pouring out their problems and their conflicts, and – without Momo saying a word – go away knowing what they have to do. Momo is so good at listening that it almost qualifies as a magical gift. And all she gives them in return is a listening ear. Her only food and home furnishings are things other people have brought her. In fact, Momo lives in the space under the stage of an old, ruined amphitheatre outside an unnamed Italian city. She does not live in an orphanage or foster home. ![]() " Momo is the name of a little girl who has no parents or guardian. I struggled to write a summary without spoiling too much, so I am going to insert a nicely written synopsis that I found on an online blog. It was written with the intent of being a children's book but I think that only as an adult one can truly understand the book and its message(s) in their entirety. It seems as if not too many people know about this book, that has been written by the author of "The Neverending Story", and I truly wish that more people, especially adults, read this book. I just finished reading the book for the third time in my life and it is such a gem. ![]()
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