And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
From the New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People
$24.28
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405937832 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405937831 |
| Author: | Fredrik Backman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 189mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
Winsome, bittersweet … Wise and heartbreaking. Backman’s slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go
Winsome, bittersweet … Wise and heartbreaking. Backman’s slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go * People Magazine *
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 * San Francisco Chronicle *
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 * RealSimple.com *
The saddest, sweetest book ever … It is heartbreakingly sad, but also beautiful and uplifting in the end * LaSalle News Tribune *
About The Author
Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman is a Swedish blogger, columnist and author. He is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, and top ten bestsellers My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises and Britt-Marie Was Here, as well as a novella, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. His books are published in more than thirty-five countries and he has sold over seven million copies. The Scandal - published as Beartown in the US - is being adapted for TV by the team behind The Bridge. Fredrik lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.
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