Fredric Backman
Noah and his grandfather, sitting on a bench in a small square, tell jokes and share their love for math and life. Everything is familiar and strange at the same time, because this "square" is slowly shrinking as the memory of the grandfather decreases. The contact with his grandson and son and the love for his wife, who is no longer alive, help the grandfather to stay in the "square" and fight against dementia.
A small but valuable book about old age, the incomprehensible diseases of the brain and the difficult times we live when we say goodbye to a person while he is still among us. But more is a book about the ability to laugh out loud, to hug tightly and to realize the value of a nice balloon that travels to the sky, while there is still time.