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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman
It can't be a complete year without a Fredrik Backman book. It took a while for me to finish this one, and there are reasons.
First of all, I was close to DNFing this book at so many points. The thought of doing that to Backman was eating me up. This book was difficult for me to get into at first because it started feeling like a children's book and the characters were just coming left, right and center. The fact that I'm used to realism was another factor. But I kept going and the story started grabbing my attention.
First of all, I was close to DNFing this book at so many points. The thought of doing that to Backman was eating me up. This book was difficult for me to get into at first because it started feeling like a children's book and the characters were just coming left, right and center. The fact that I'm used to realism was another factor. But I kept going and the story started grabbing my attention.
Having a grandmother is like having an army. This is a grandchild’s ultimate privilege: knowing that someone is on your side, always, whatever the details. Even when you are wrong. Especially then, in fact.
In his constant amazing style of writing, Fredrik Backman takes us through the life of almost 8-year-old Elsa, who goes on an adventure trying to deliver letters to people at her grandma's request. We get to see how various characters have been affected by Elsa's grandmother in the past secrets which Elsa wasn't aware of. I didn't know this was the prequel to Britt-Marie Was Here, and I was surprised to find out she was once a ‘terrible’ person.
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