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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
Audiobook11 hours

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel

Written by Fredrik Backman

Narrated by Joan Walker

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.

Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.

When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 16, 2015
ISBN9781442389557
Author

Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman, a blogger and columnist. He is the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and around the world, and are being published in more than thirty five territories. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two children.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Love this author! Builds great characters. Writes about serious subjects with a little laughter, humility and understanding of life.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book, but if it's possible, I loved the narration *even more*. This is the best job narrating I've ever heard! I can't recommend it enough. You'll laugh (a lot), but you'll cry some too.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    My grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry by Fredrik Backman
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    I had hesitated to read this book because even though I loved Ove in a man called Ove. It took me a while to finish it. This book, however, got me hooked on the first paragraph! So many moments of laughing out loud and few moments of tears. And a beautiful tale of a Young Girl on a quest from her late Grandmother that introduces her more people who love her. I cant recommend this book highly enough! I absolutely loved it!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    i full on sobbed at the end of this book but it was absolutely worth the read as most fredrick bachman books tend to be. will make you laugh and cry and think about grief and new chapters in our lives.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The story is touching and funny at the same time. kudos to the narrator, for bringing in so much color in her narration with variation in voices and expressions. Eleven hours very well spent. Another lovely writing by the author after A man called Ove.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Too slow and too long of a story. Not what I had expected from Backman after the Beartown series or Ove or Anxious People.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is truly a 4 1/2 stars. A cathartic read (listen), had me chuckling and crying throughout.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Absolutely love his writing. It's a thinking book. Gets to the heart of what matters!!!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I tried to get into it.I read about half way through and then had to admit I just wasn't enjoying it. I found it too depressing and dark to continue. I'm sure eventually there was a wonderful ending. I just wasn't willing to torture myself getting there. Frederick is a great writer...this just didn't appeal to me
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved everything about this book! I highly recommend it!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    OK so I have a love-hate relationship with these books by this author. They are tedious at times with some annoying characters but I also end up crying with the poignancy he creates.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved this so much. Even by Backman standards I thought this was exceptional.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wowsa!! So good. Sometimes a story sneaks up on you & you're hooked.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is truly a gem. So thoughtfully told through the eyes of 'an almost eight year old'. I really enjoyed this book. Told through the eyes of Elsa. She and Granny are very close and when Granny dies, Elsa is devastated. Granny has left her letter to deliver which are Granny telling that person she is sorry. Slowly Elsa learns things about Granny, her family and everyone who lives in the house. This is beautifully written and well worth the read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fantastic! I loved all the characters. Elsa is a superhero too!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Magical and inspiring. I’m going to order the hard copy as I want these words in my house so I can share them.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved this book. The characters all had their place and fit in in their own unique way. It obviously had a few sad moments, but it was well worth it. Such a cute story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another charming story about a misfit. Thoughtful, deep and lol funny.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It is a heartfelt story of with real emotion. I definitely recommend.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Absolutely whimsical, delightful and profound. I loved every single thing about it. Can’t go wrong with this author. I also adored the narration!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A wonderful book and narrated with lots of love ?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This author and narrator are perfectly blended to make the characters come alive.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I read the whole book and was confused between the real and imaginary world all the time. It was hard to understand who was who and the things that happened (and when they happened).
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the best he’s written. And he’s written some awesome books. This tugs your heartstrings, makes you laugh out loud and causes you to reconsider some aspects of your life. What else can you ask from a novel? Wholeheartedly recommend.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Charming and great fun! I read Beartown first and I enjoyed hearing Brit Marie’s back story in this book
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Delightful, smiled while listening.

    Narration: 3.5/5, a mixed bag. The narrator is female, which fits the main three characters, but aesthetically I don't like most female voices. And she has a strong British accent which affects intelligibility on my laptop with its cheap built-in speaker. But worse, she consistently goes from loud to whispers. Yet, the emotional quality of her voice is brings to life the old lady.
    Writing: 4/5, though I barely noticed (which is maybe a good thing)
    Content: 5/5, thoroughly charming story
    Conclusion: will read more from this author
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I loved A Man Called Ove by the same author. This book was different. I had trouble relating to the child protagonist, who didn't act much like a child, and all the fairy tales. I found the book, while we'll written, dragged at times.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The story was wonderful a perfect balance between reality heartbreak fantasy and laughter. The reader did exceptionally well and I will seek to find other books that she reads.
    I cannot remember the last time I was so blown away listening to an audiobook audiobook. I listen to quite a few and not since the one in 1 million boy has a reader and a story blown me away this much.
    I laughed, I cried -it was just outstanding and then I started it over again?
    The voice of Elsa and the voice of granny were absolutely perfect
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I really hate finishing his books. It makes me sad because I love his characters so much. And his stories are great.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I first picked this up in December and read about 50 pages of it before setting it down. I wasn't really feeling the characters or the writing style. I picked it back up 2 days ago because I found an audiobook version of it and then promptly ate this entire story and SOBBED at the end. Now I have to read everything by Fredrik Backman. It is law.