Ogawa can be regarded as the author of the healing department. I have read her "Camellia Stationery Store" before, and I started after being attracted by the cover of the book. Although I just talked about ordinary things in the stationery store, I unconsciously turned over the whole book without stopping. Ogawa's book has this kind of magic.

If there is a grapefruit is an essay about the author's life in Germany. From January 1st to December 16th. For a whole year. Similar to the diaries of ordinary people. It's just that her diary makes people find a kind of tranquility that "a quiet and simple life can bring us more joy than chasing success with trepidation".

while reading this book, a friend suddenly called, which forced me to put down the book, and I was a little annoyed because I interrupted my reading. But chatting has gradually become less annoying. Think about the epidemic situation in recent years, coupled with the marriage of friends and the birth of babies, even if they live in the same city, they are too lazy to meet each other. If they can't talk over the phone and voice, life will be really dull.

My friends envy the two-person world where my husband and I always stick together, but I envy the independent lifestyle of Ogawa and her husband (penguin). Ogawa is in Germany, while Penguin works in Japan. Generally, Penguin will come to Germany once every three months to reunite with Ogawa, and then they will travel around together. It's better to say goodbye than get married.

Envy belongs to envy, but I won't choose her lifestyle after all, just as I hope I can still hear the sound of salute fireworks flying into the night sky at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, so I can feel the atmosphere of the New Year. Ogawa likes Japanese quietness. So I prefer the feeling of two people sticking together. Because we have to do everything together, although we have less freedom to travel with our girlfriends, we have more memories with the other half.

Recommended index: four stars

Abstract:

In Germany, after Christmas, people throw their Christmas trees for decoration in the street one after another. The more civilized way to throw them is to put them in the roadside area with street trees, and some people even throw them directly downstairs from the apartment window ...

My goal this year is to try gardening. Sometimes I think, if only I could live closer to the ground. And if grapefruit can be harvested in my yard in the future, it will be enough to cheer people up.

Ogawa's writing is always just reserved and affectionate, which always makes people can't help but cherish and discover the beauty of every moment in life.