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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

by Fredrik Backman

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  • Jun 2015, 384 pages
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Charla Wilson

Groovy Grandma
This book is different from most books for adults, because it is written from the perspective of a 7 year old girl. Her name is Elsa and she is very smart for her age. Elsa's Mom works all the time and is also very pregnant. So, Elsa spends most of her time with her eccentric Grandmother who lives in the same group of flats. Grandma is a retired physician, as well as a mischievous, fun loving person that knows how to live life to its fullest. Elsa is being bullied at school, which she keeps from most everyone, with the exception of Grandma. Grandma introduces Elsa to "the land of almost awake" where they bothmore
Lin

Five Star Tale
What a clever story and quick read. The characters come to life. This is truly a feel good book. I highly recommend and plan to read the other related stories.
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RebeccaR

Captivating Title Drew Me in to a Unique Tale
As someone who had close and special relationships with both grandmothers, this book caught my eye because of its title. I loved parts of this book and sometimes felt a little bogged down in other parts (where Grandmother's creative tales for her granddaughter are actually written out as fairly detailed parts of the book.) I probably would have liked the option of 4.5 rating for this book. The fairy tale inserts tempted me to rate this book as a 4, but that seemed too low. Readers who are familiar with author Backman's first book, A Man Called Ove, will probably feel more comfortable with the character of Grannymore
GrandmaMary

Loved this book
I kept thinking of my grandson as I read this book. I loved the comments about "real Literature" that Elsa made. Her relationship with her grandmother was priceless & the way the tales her grandmother told her came true with the various residents of the apartment building was fascinating. I think this would be a great book for a book club discussion.
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Cloggie Downunder

Funny, sad and truly heartwarming
“…storytelling 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 aren’t known as libraries but as ‘banks’ and every fairy tale is worth a fortune”

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 fewmore
Catherine

If you enjoyed "A man called Ove", you will love "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry"
You will laugh and cry, you will be amazed too. You will fall under Elsa's spell.
Just loved that book!
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Sandi W.

Not my cup of tea...
Let me start by saying I have loved all the other books I have read by Fredrick Backman, because...
I am sure that my review of this book will go against the main stream....however....

Had this been the first book I read by Backman I would have stopped there. I really disliked this book. The absolute only redeeming quality that I felt it had was the cross over of characters from his other books. Luckily I had already read "A Man Called Ove" and "Britt-Marie".
I felt that there was way too much time and too many pages put into the fairy tales. A bit of back story was needed, but I was tired of the non-stop fairlymore
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