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The No. 1 New York Times bestseller, now a Netflix TV Series

Anxious People

Things My Son Needs to Know About The World

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People

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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

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Winsome, bittersweet ... Wise and heartbreaking. Backman's slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go

A novella to be savoured and reread about a boy, his dad and his grandpa as they learn to say goodbye. It's a little book with a big message

I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know

Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice

Beautiful, dreamlike, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. Bring tissues. Bring all the tissues

The saddest, sweetest book ever ... It is heartbreakingly sad, but also beautiful and uplifting in the end

From the New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People

Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that gets smaller every day. The square is both strange and familiar, full of their lives' odds and ends. Here they share jokes, discuss their love of mathematics and Grandpa recalls falling in love with his wife, and how he dreads the day when he won't remember her. Sometimes Grandpa sits on the bench next to Ted, Noah's father, who prefers writing and playing guitar. They're very different, but bonded by their love of Noah. 
 
 Grandpa, Grandma, Ted, and Noah all meet in this space that is growing increasingly dimmer and more confusing. And here is where they will learn to say goodbye.

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The tender and moving novella from the author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People 
 
Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden. 
 
As they wait together on the bench, they tell jokes and discuss their shared love of mathematics. Grandpa recalls what it was like to fall in love with his wife, what it was like to lose her. She's as real to him now as the first day he met her, but he dreads the day when he won't remember her. 
 
Sometimes Grandpa sits on the bench next to Ted, Noah's father - Ted who never liked maths, prefers writing and playing guitar, and has waited his entire life for his father to have time for him, to accept him. But in their love of Noah, they have found a common bond. 
 
Grandpa, Grandma, Ted, and Noah all meet here, in this peculiar space that is growing dimmer and more confusing all the time. 
 
And here is where they will learn to say goodbye, the scent of hyacinths in the air, nothing to fear. 
 
'Winsome, bittersweet...Wise and heartbreaking, Backman's slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go' People Magazine 
 
'I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know' Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice 
 
© Fredrik Backman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Number 1 New York Times bestseller FREDRIK BACKMAN made his literary debut in 2012 with the global sensation A Man Called Ove - now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. Wickedly funny, touching and wise, Fredrik Backman's novels are odysseys of the ordinary man and woman, and stunningly moving tales of everyday courage. Up to now, Fredrik Backman has written seven highly acclaimed novels, two heartfelt novellas about life and love, and one non-fiction book about parenthood. His books have sold more than 18 million copies in 46 languages and the Swedish film adaption of A Man Called Ove was nominated for two Academy Awards. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

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Winsome, bittersweet ... Wise and heartbreaking. Backman's slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go

A novella to be savoured and reread about a boy, his dad and his grandpa as they learn to say goodbye. It's a little book with a big message

I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know

Beautiful, dreamlike, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. Bring tissues. Bring all the tissues

The saddest, sweetest book ever ... It is heartbreakingly sad, but also beautiful and uplifting in the end

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