But she can be very rigid when it comes to her views on order and “normality”.Īnd if that sounds like someone you might want to smack in the face, just wait until this old ‘fuddy-fart’ warms her way into your heart. Though charming and lovable, Britt-Marie is also stubborn, outspoken, cleaning-obsessed lady, opinionated and with too many rules about how everyone should be. People really do change when they travel.

Anyone who knows Britt-Marie understands what an outstanding achievement it is for Britt-Marie to control her compulsion never to write anything in ink. From the description she sounded like she is going to be a very unlikable character, but this is not how unlikeable looks like in my world.īritt-Marie is very proud of the notes. I mean, for once, Britt-Marie was such a precious, must-be-protected-at-all-costs protagonist.

I needed something wholesome but easy to get through. And with the exception of The Deal of a Lifetime (don’t know what happened there), all his other books are among the very top of my favorites of all time.īritt-Marie Was Here – man, it came at such a perfect moment for me. At this point, his only novel I haven’t read is My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises. I don’t know if there’ll ever come a day when I’ll get bored of saying how much I love Fredrik Backman, but that day is not today. What people does she still have to meet, what will they see in her, and what will they make her see in herself? She wonders how much space a person has left in her soul to change herself, once she gets older. But it’s only through the challenges that we get to learn who we really are and what we are made of… Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman – My Review It is certainly a change of scenery for Britt-Marie, as she is tasked to be the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished community center and a coach of an enthusiastic but untalented children’s soccer team. Especially when that place turns out to be a dying little town that should have already vanished if there weren’t for a handful of stubborn locals. After a life changing course of events that have completely upended her life, she decides to get a job and start over.Įxcept – finding a new job and moving to another place for it proves to be quite challenging.

RATED ON GOODREADS – 4.07 of 5 What It Is AboutĪt a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?īritt-Marie is a perfectly orderly sixty-three-year-old lady who often feels like she’s not on the same page with the world around her. GENRE – literary fiction, contemporary, sports Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman – Book Details

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