My Grandmother Sends Her Regards & Apologises
by Fredrik Backman
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- ISBN 13
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🔴 Condition - Good🔴
Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.
🟢 This Book weighs 230 Grams.
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On Jun 30 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
ââŚstorytelling is the noblest profession of all. The currency there is imagination; instead of buying something with coins you buy it with a good story. Libraries arenât known as libraries but as âbanksâ and every fairy tale is worth a fortuneâ
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises is the second novel by Swedish blogger, columnist and author, Fredrik Backman. As with his previous bestseller, this book is flawlessly translated by Henning Koch. Every seven-year-old girl needs a superhero of their own, and Elsa (almost eight) has one: her grandmother. Unfortunately, Granny has cancer and dies just a few days before Christmas and Elsaâs eighth birthday, leaving her rudderless. But before she left, Granny charged Elsa with a mission: a treasure hunt of sorts, involving letters of apology to be delivered to some of the many people Granny has offended over the years. Elsa may feel overwhelmed by her task, but Granny made her a knight in the Land-of-Almost-Awake, so she tries to be brave and fearless. And after a while, Elsa realises that Granny has equipped her with what she needs to face the future without her.
Backman has peopled his novel with a wonderful cast of characters, often quirky yet familiar and appealing for all their faults and imperfections. The banter between the characters is enjoyable and often laugh-out-loud funny. Backmanâs plot is so cleverly devised that the reader can see events from the perspective of a seven (nearly eight) year old who believes in the fantasy world her granny has created for her, and from the point of view of the adults around her. And that fantasy world, the Land-of-Almost-Awake, is a wonderful thing in itself, with its parallels in the lives, loves and losses of the real-world characters.
Backman given his characters many words of wisdom and insightful observations: âPeople who have never been hunted always seem to think thereâs a reason for it. âThey wouldnât do it without a cause, would they? You must have done something to provoke them.â As if that was how oppression worksâ and ââŚsometimes the safest place is when you flee to what seems the most dangerousâ and âWhen it comes to terror, realityâs got nothing on the power of imaginationâ are examples. He also gives Elsa some excellent retorts to adult statements: for âItâs complicated.â Elsa has âYes, until someone explains it to you!â and for âItâs hard to help those who donât want to help themselvesâ she cleverly objects âSomeone who wants to help himself is possibly not the one whoâs most in need of other peopleâs helpâ.
Backmanâs second novel is another winner, and readers will be eager to know what he can come up with next. Funny, sad and truly heartwarming.
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- Pearls Books n Music (AU)
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- Title
- My Grandmother Sends Her Regards & Apologises
- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1473626846
- ISBN 13
- 9781473626843
- Publisher
- Hachette Uk
- This edition first published
- 2015
- Keywords
- fiction
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