Kelly Vaiman, an avid cozy mystery fan, likes to sit and read in her living room in Boynton Beach, Fla.Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press
âA book,â author Neil Gaiman may or may not have said, âis a dream you hold in your hand.â And right now, in an era of pandemic and polarization, Americans have â and need â a lot of dreams.
We dream of unfettered travel, of a world free of masks and hand sanitizer, of days that are exciting and new and not the grinding tedium of spending hour after hour staring, horrified, at the TV news. We dream of going back to school. Of eating a meal with family. Of hugs.