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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.
Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
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Wildly creative but so not my kind of book. I really dislike fantasy and I just signed my way through Ocean at the End of the Lane. Both were very creative but not my thing. In this one I loved the perspective of the narrator but there was too much of everything else.
Oh how I wish I did not listen to the bad reviews of this book and skip it. I went on to read/listen to Britt-Marie Was Here. I did not realize that when Britt-Marie Was Here came out that it was about a character in a previous book. Normally I read books in order. I think Britt-Marie would do this also ;)
I loved this book. It made me laugh it made me cry... I wonder if I would have loved it as much had I read it rather than listened to it??? I loved all the characters in this book. I loved how they are all connected in real life and in the fairytales. I loved the treasure hunts. I loved that Elsa loves X-Men and Harry Potter. I love how she talks about nicking parts of Harry Potter to tell stories of Miamas. Let's face it J.K Rowling nicked from all the best stories and fairy tales out there to create the world of Harry Potter. I really loved the idea of who the accountant was. "Because if a sufficient number of people are different no one has to be normal" I can not wait to read more books from Fredrik Backman.
I loved this book. It made me laugh it made me cry... I wonder if I would have loved it as much had I read it rather than listened to it??? I loved all the characters in this book. I loved how they are all connected in real life and in the fairytales. I loved the treasure hunts. I loved that Elsa loves X-Men and Harry Potter. I love how she talks about nicking parts of Harry Potter to tell stories of Miamas. Let's face it J.K Rowling nicked from all the best stories and fairy tales out there to create the world of Harry Potter. I really loved the idea of who the accountant was. "Because if a sufficient number of people are different no one has to be normal" I can not wait to read more books from Fredrik Backman.
There were parts of this novel that were brilliant. Overall I really liked the main character, Elsa and how the delivering of the letters unfolded a story about the various neighbors. However the whole fantasy part of the novel really bogged me down and took away from the novel. A Man Called Ove was definitely a better read. I was intrigued by Britt Marie as a character so I will try his next one.
I enjoyed it like a cup of tea - I read it casually, and felt like even though I liked it, I ought to like it better than I did. This was good, and I was glad I took the time to enjoy it, but certainly not something I would savor like a glass of wine or gulp down like a cold pop on a hot day. I ignored the parts of the book that bugged me.
Cute book, heart warming. I'm still not crazy about his writing style. But my mom keeps wanting to read these books so I do too. I liked how the book was from Elsa's point of view.
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