Paperback: Britt-Marie cannot stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins.
She is not one to judge others - no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It’s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But hidden inside the socially awkward, fussy busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams, and a warmer heart that anyone around her realizes.
When Britt-Marie walks out on her cheating husband and has to fend for herself in the miserable backwater town of Borg - of which the kindest thing one can say is that it has a road going through it, she finds work as the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished recreation center.
The fastidious Britt-Marie soon finds herself being drawn into the daily doings of her fellow citizens, an odd assortment of miscreants, drunkards, layabouts. Most alarming of all, she is given the impossible task of leading the supremely untalented children’s soccer team to victory. In this small town of misfits, can Britt-Marie find a place where she truly belongs?
Britt-Marie Was Here (2016) is "a brilliant mix of belly-laughs, profound insight and captivating events delivered with Backman's pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature."
The book is translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
About the author: Fredrik Backman is the No 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove (a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, as well as two novellas, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.
www.fredrikbackman.com
@Backmanland
Rating: 5/5
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