“Stop sniggering and put the coffee on instead. I’m fetching down the cardboard boxes from the attic,”
Ove mumbles and limps off towards the stairs. So, that evening, Parvaneh and the girls help him clean up his house.
They wrap each and every one of Sonja’s things in newspaper and carefully pack all her clothes into boxes. One memory at a time.
And at half past nine when everything is done and the girls have fallen asleep on Ove’s sofa
with newsprint on their fingertips and chocolate ice cream around the corners of their mouths,
then Parvaneh’s hand suddenly grips Ove’s upper arm like a voracious metal claw.
And when Ove growls, “OUCH!” she growls back, “SHUSH!”
And then they have to go back to the hospital. It’s a boy.
A MAN CALLED OVE AND AN EPILOGUE
Life is a Curious Thing. Winter turns to spring and Parvaneh passes her driving test.
Ove teaches Adrian how to change tires. The kid may have bought a Toyota,
but that doesn’t mean he’s entirely beyond help, Ove explains to Sonja when he visits her one Sunday in April.
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