Athena Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Someone recently recommended a few books by Fredrick Backman to me. He's a Swedish author. He's written A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry / My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises (US / UK title) and Britt-Marie Was Here. By the looks of Wikipedia he's written one other novel but it hasn't been translated into English. Has anyone read anything by him? I did a search on the forum, A Man Called Ove appeared in several TBRs, but I couldn't find any reviews anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) Here's a thread on A Man Called Ove I started some time ago. The author's first name is spelled without the c (as in Fredrik). I've also read Britt-Marie Was Here and really liked it A Man Called Ove: Weave's review Jänet's review Bobblybear's review Willoyd's review My review My review on Britt-Marie Was Here. Edited November 30, 2016 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Thanks for all those links, Frankie . Apparently a few TBR lists had the name written wrong too, I didn't think to check it. It looks like most people enjoyed books by this author, that's good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I've read A Man Called Ove (my review is in Frankie's post). I liked it a lot but haven't seen any other books by him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 ^ I personally really liked Britt-Marie Was Here, too! And would recommend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Thanks BB and Frankie . I think I will try one of those books some time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 You are most welcome! I hope you will like his books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I've read 'My grandmother sends her regards and apologises' and 'Britt-Marie'. They were both good, definitely very moving books but not in a manner that feels forced or unnecessary. Bonus: the Britt-Marie character overlaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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