My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfantasyfamilyfresh & originalimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeMoving and heightened: an inventive novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
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. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa's greatest adventure begins.
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- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 392
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- Open Library
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