Not only do I feel an intense connection with my earlier, often more vulnerable and intensely curious self, I also feel that I’ve been given access to a pure form of the complications involved with being young, now filtered through the compassion, perceptions (and barnacles) of my older self.
Look Homeward, Reader – Meg Wolitzer
a very good summary of why I still love YA books. they connect me to a time when I didn’t understand but wanted to, and I understand better now, so there’s a significant emotional connection to a simpler time.