Britt-Marie was here
Backman, Fredrik, 1981-2016
Book
Total copies: 1
For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It's not that she's judgemental, or fussy, or difficult - she just expects things to be done in a certain way. A cutlery drawer should be arranged in the right order, for example (forks, knives, then spoons). We're not animals, are we? But behind the passive-aggressive, socially awkward, absurdly pedantic busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams and a warmer heart than anyone around her realizes. So when Britt-Marie finds herself unemployed, separated from her husband of 20 years, left to fend for herself in the miserable provincial backwater that is Borg - of which the kindest thing one can say is that it has a road going through it - and somehow tasked with running the local football team, she is a little unprepared. But she will learn that life may have more to offer her that she's ever realised.
Main title:
Britt-Marie was here / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
Work:
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2016.
Collation:
298 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781473617209 (hbk)1473617200 (hbk)9781473617223 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
GEN
LC class:
PT9877.12.A32
Language:
EnglishSwedish
BRN:
291741