My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501115073
- ISBN: 1501115073
- ISBN: 9781501146619
- ISBN: 1501146610
- Physical Description: 372 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes discussion questions. |
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Subject: | Grandparent and child > Fiction. Grandmothers > Death > Fiction. Girls > Fiction. Individuality > Fiction. Fairy tales > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | PT 9877.12 .A25 M56 2016 | 30775305510811 | General Collection | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
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
Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)