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You have in your hands a free gift. This book is yours to do with as you wish...read it, share it, keep it, pass it on!

I've registered this at BookCrossing.com so that I can keep up on where it goes, who reads it, and what they thought of it. If you like the BookCrossing concept, you might want to register yourself with a screen name, so that you can keep up on this book, and maybe release others also! It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), fascinating, and fun!

Thank you for picking up this book. I'd love to see an entry letting me know it is safe with you. Do with it as you please... read it (or not!), give it to a friend, keep it, leave it in the wild - it's up to you! Enjoy! If you like you can mention me, booklady331, as the one who referred you.

It is a little difficult to get into, but, once you get the hang of the book, it gets better. The author has captured how a scared and angry little girl named Elsa thinks and feels. Elsa is "different." She is brilliant in ways children seldom are, and she acts out in ways that are clearly understood by the adults in her world. Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves Elsa to deliver a series of letters that explain things about Elsa's neighbors and about life through her apologies. This helps Elsa begins to understand the world around her. The book is part fantasy and part literature.
Fredrik Backman tries to change lives through his writing. He makes it okay to be different, by finding the "different" in us all.

Booklady331 sent me this RABCK. Thank you! I really enjoyed A Man Called Ove, another book by this author.

trade paperback

The story follows Elsa, a precocious 7 year old who knows she is different from other children her age and who is especially close with her grandmother. When Granny passes, Elsa slowly discovers more about her grandmother's past identities, as well as the lives of people affected by her.

I was really looking forward to reading this book because I had enjoyed A Man Called Ove by the same author. Unlike booklady331, however, I was never able to fully get into the story.

Sending in a box of books to bamaforever in Alabama. Enjoy!

In a box of books from pinklady60. Thanks for your generosity!

I'm a very special book. I'm traveling the world in search of new friends. I hope I have found one in you. If you are my new owner please make a brief journal entry with my BCID number. You can read and release me for a new friend to read or keep me. It's your choice!

If you are new to bookcrossing and want to join please consider listing bamaforever as your referral. Welcome to bookcrossing!

Happy reading!