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    My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
    My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
    My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
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    My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel

    Written by Fredrik Backman

    Narrated by Joan Walker

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJun 16, 2015
    ISBN9781442389557
    Author

    Fredrik Backman

    Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.

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    Readers find this title to be a mix of positive and negative reviews. Some readers love the author's writing style and find the book to be thought-provoking and emotional. They appreciate the well-developed characters and the balance between reality and fantasy. However, there are also readers who find the story slow, confusing, and depressing. They struggle to connect with the child protagonist and feel that the book drags at times. Overall, the book receives praise for its charm, humor, and profound moments, but it may not appeal to everyone.

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    • 5/5
      This is the most heart felt, real life interpretation mixed with a child's fairy tale point of view. I laughed and I most definitely cried like I haven't in forever. Elsa captivated my heart and soul. She made me feel her every hurt, frustrated, anger and sorrow moment. You go on an extraordinary journey that will leave you looking at the world in a a new way.
    • 4/5
      I liked it, funny, witty, interesting characters, entertaining
    • 5/5
      I loved this as much as I loved A Man Called Ove, maybe more at times! Fairy tales, Harry Potter references, comedy, mischief, tears, friendships... it really had it all. I don't know what else to say other than if you're on the fence about reading this, don't be. You want to read it.
    • 4/5
      Another quirky book by Backman. Strange unique characters that over time engage you the reader, and grow in depth to where you understand those parts of their character that seem so strange at the beginning. This story follows Elsa and her grandmother. You won't counter several characters in a fairyland that is a representation of Elsa's real life. Well worth the journey.
      I see in this book the authors development that will come to fruition in the Beartown books.
    • 5/5
      This is the best book, and I highly recommend everyone read it as soon as possible
    • 3/5
      A different almost 8 year old girl's grandmother dies and she spends the next few days on a treasure hunt getting to know those who live in the house around her, making friends along the way. Backman explores what it means to lose loved ones, and how everyone around has their own past and stories that you'd never suspect without asking. Backman once again demonstrates his ability to write flawed, human characters into his stories.

      Favorite Quotes behind spoiler tag: "People who think slowly always accuse quick thinkers of concentration problems, idiots can't understand that non-idiots are done with a thought and already moving onto the next before they have."

      "When mom and dad did a cleaning, mom wrote a minute by minute breakdown of the cleaning schedule, and then dad would get sort of caught up with descaling the coffee percolator for two and a half hours"

      "When a child is born in Miamus, all the families friends come to the cot and tell stories and pull faces and dance and sing and make jokes and the first one to make the child laugh becomes the Laugher. They are personally responsible for making it happen as often and as loudly and in as many situations as possible. Particularly those that cause embarrassment to the parents."
    • 5/5
      Incredible. Fredrik Backman has managed to do it again. This book is definitely one of the best ones I have ever read. It is full of sorrow, grief, happiness, laughter, anger and so many others. This book manages to show what it is like losing someone so dear to you. From the eyes of a little girl you get to feel the anger, hatred and sadness that she is feeling whilst watching her mother deal with loss and grief. You get to witness her path to forgiveness and see her start to love and move on. This book had me laughing, sobbing, and screaming and yelling. I highly recommend.
    • 3/5
      This was, by far, one of the most difficult books for me to get through. You can tell that it took me about 6 weeks. Im not sure what the problem was. Maybe it was the names of the Lands, maybe it was because I just couldnt grasp the real story....not sure.....
    • 2/5
      "'There's someone in my school who has many of boyfriends,'...
      "He's a boy," Elsa corrects.'"

      Exit time @ 38%.

      Cute and winsome story, though. Sweet story of a girl and her grandma, her hero. After her grandmother dies, Elsa is unraveling all the life lessons she unknowingly learned through grandma's fairy tale stories.

      I did get the sense every so often, however, that some ideas (which were probably fabulous) were lost in translation.
    • 5/5
      Love this author! Builds great characters. Writes about serious subjects with a little laughter, humility and understanding of life.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book, but if it's possible, I loved the narration *even more*. This is the best job narrating I've ever heard! I can't recommend it enough. You'll laugh (a lot), but you'll cry some too.
    • 5/5
      My grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry by Fredrik Backman
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      I had hesitated to read this book because even though I loved Ove in a man called Ove. It took me a while to finish it. This book, however, got me hooked on the first paragraph! So many moments of laughing out loud and few moments of tears. And a beautiful tale of a Young Girl on a quest from her late Grandmother that introduces her more people who love her. I cant recommend this book highly enough! I absolutely loved it!
    • 5/5
      i full on sobbed at the end of this book but it was absolutely worth the read as most fredrick bachman books tend to be. will make you laugh and cry and think about grief and new chapters in our lives.
    • 5/5
      The story is touching and funny at the same time. kudos to the narrator, for bringing in so much color in her narration with variation in voices and expressions. Eleven hours very well spent. Another lovely writing by the author after A man called Ove.
    • 3/5
      Too slow and too long of a story. Not what I had expected from Backman after the Beartown series or Ove or Anxious People.
    • 4/5
      This is truly a 4 1/2 stars. A cathartic read (listen), had me chuckling and crying throughout.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely love his writing. It's a thinking book. Gets to the heart of what matters!!!
    • 2/5
      I tried to get into it.I read about half way through and then had to admit I just wasn't enjoying it. I found it too depressing and dark to continue. I'm sure eventually there was a wonderful ending. I just wasn't willing to torture myself getting there. Frederick is a great writer...this just didn't appeal to me
    • 5/5
      I loved everything about this book! I highly recommend it!
    • 5/5
      OK so I have a love-hate relationship with these books by this author. They are tedious at times with some annoying characters but I also end up crying with the poignancy he creates.
    • 5/5
      Loved this so much. Even by Backman standards I thought this was exceptional.
    • 5/5
      Wowsa!! So good. Sometimes a story sneaks up on you & you're hooked.
    • 4/5
      This is truly a gem. So thoughtfully told through the eyes of 'an almost eight year old'. I really enjoyed this book. Told through the eyes of Elsa. She and Granny are very close and when Granny dies, Elsa is devastated. Granny has left her letter to deliver which are Granny telling that person she is sorry. Slowly Elsa learns things about Granny, her family and everyone who lives in the house. This is beautifully written and well worth the read.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic! I loved all the characters. Elsa is a superhero too!
    • 5/5
      Magical and inspiring. I’m going to order the hard copy as I want these words in my house so I can share them.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book. The characters all had their place and fit in in their own unique way. It obviously had a few sad moments, but it was well worth it. Such a cute story.
    • 5/5
      Another charming story about a misfit. Thoughtful, deep and lol funny.
    • 5/5
      It is a heartfelt story of with real emotion. I definitely recommend.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely whimsical, delightful and profound. I loved every single thing about it. Can’t go wrong with this author. I also adored the narration!!
    • 5/5
      A wonderful book and narrated with lots of love ?