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A review by immabehazzie
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
5.0
“[…] It’s an awful thing to miss someone who’s still here.”
Fredrik Backman has such a unique voice in his stories that manages to burrow deep into me and tear out emotions I didn’t know were there. Every story I have read from Backman has been both heart-wrenching and hopeful and ‘And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer’ is no different.
This novella is about an elderly man losing his memory and throughout the few pages we see him struggle to hold onto what truly matters to him as well as seeing his son and grandson witness and cope with one of the most important people in their lives forgetting who they are. This story is a reminder of what we should hold onto and how we aren’t alone. How someone will always be there to help us find our way back once we’ve lost ourselves.
By the end, I had tears in my eyes and an even deeper appreciation for Fredrik Backman. He’s slowly making his way into my list of favorite authors. I don’t think that I could recommend this novella enough.
Fredrik Backman has such a unique voice in his stories that manages to burrow deep into me and tear out emotions I didn’t know were there. Every story I have read from Backman has been both heart-wrenching and hopeful and ‘And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer’ is no different.
This novella is about an elderly man losing his memory and throughout the few pages we see him struggle to hold onto what truly matters to him as well as seeing his son and grandson witness and cope with one of the most important people in their lives forgetting who they are. This story is a reminder of what we should hold onto and how we aren’t alone. How someone will always be there to help us find our way back once we’ve lost ourselves.
By the end, I had tears in my eyes and an even deeper appreciation for Fredrik Backman. He’s slowly making his way into my list of favorite authors. I don’t think that I could recommend this novella enough.