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| Britt-Marie Was Here |
I absolutely LOVED Fredrik Backman’s book The Man Called Ove and so was excited to read this one. It was also good (although I have to say Ove is still my favorite of his!). This time the main character is a woman ‘of a certain age’. She truly believes there is a ‘right way’ and a ‘wrong way’ to do most anything. Not that she would ever be one to judge, mind you. ;)
When her husband’s affair becomes impossible to ignore, she determines to leave and find a new life, even if it is in the midst of a run-down community with an odd assortment of ne’er do wells (in her estimation). However, as she settles in to the tasks at hand, she discovers that she has more love to give than perhaps she realized, and that these crazy folks around her bring her great joy and satisfaction - and they ‘need’ her just as much as she ‘needs’ them.
You do find yourself rooting for Britt-Marie. The neat thing is you find yourself rooting for most of the other characters, too. They truly do form a beloved little community and you can’t help but cheer them all on.
I rated this book a 4. Zoom Reading Circle rated it 4.5 stars.
Quotes from Britt-Marie Was Here...
“One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.”
“At 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?”
“If you can be heard then you exist.”
“A few years turned into more years, and more years turned into all years. Years have a habit of behaving like that.”
“You have to understand that when one is just standing there looking, then just for a second one is ready to jump. If one does it, one dares to do it. But if one waits, it’ll never happen.”
“The winter requires whoever is doing the watering to have a bit of faith, in order to believe that what looks empty has every potential.”
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
I rated this book a 4. Zoom Reading Circle rated it 4.5 stars.
Quotes from Britt-Marie Was Here...
“One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.”
“At 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?”
“If you can be heard then you exist.”
“A few years turned into more years, and more years turned into all years. Years have a habit of behaving like that.”
“You have to understand that when one is just standing there looking, then just for a second one is ready to jump. If one does it, one dares to do it. But if one waits, it’ll never happen.”
“The winter requires whoever is doing the watering to have a bit of faith, in order to believe that what looks empty has every potential.”
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Read April 2024 - Zoom Reading Circle
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