My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Contributor(s): Backman, Fredrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501115065 ISBN-13: 9781501115066 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2015000829 |
Lexile Measure: 850 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 198144 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. "Firmly in league with Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman . . . A touching, sometimes funny, often wise portrait of grief." --Kirkus Reviews "Full of heart, hope, forgiveness, and the embracing of differences, Elsa's story is one that sticks with you long after you've turned the last page."--Library Journal |
Contributor Bio(s): Backman, Fredrik: - Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove (soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, as well as two novellas, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Twitter @BackmanLand or on Instagram @backmansk. |