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Britt-Marie was here : a novel
- Title
- Britt-Marie was here : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
- Author
- Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
- Publication
- New York : Atria Books, 2016.
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-9588 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Koch, Henning, 1962-
- Description
- 324 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a job in the only place she can: Borg, a small, derelict town devastated by the financial crisis. For the fastidious Britt-Marie, this new world of noisy children, muddy floors, and a roommate who is a rat (literally), is a hard adjustment. As for the citizens of Borg, with everything that they know crumbling around them, the only thing that they have left to hold onto is something Britt-Marie absolutely loathes: their love of soccer. When the village's youth team becomes desperate for a coach, they set their sights on her. She's the least likely candidate, but their need is obvious and there is no one else to do it. Thus begins a beautiful and unlikely partnership. In her new role as reluctant mentor to these lost young boys and girls, Britt-Marie soon finds herself becoming increasingly vital to the community. And even more surprisingly, she is the object of romantic desire for a friendly and handsome local policeman named Sven. In this world of oddballs and misfits, can Britt-Marie finally find a place where she belongs?
- Uniform Title
- Britt-Marie var här. English
- Alternative Title
- Britt-Marie var här.
- Subjects
- Soccer teams
- Conduct of life
- Life change events
- Soccer teams > Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- FICTION > Humorous
- Conduct of life > Fiction
- FICTION > Literary
- Humorous fiction
- Runaway wives > Fiction
- Neighborhoods > Fiction
- Small cities > Fiction
- Life change events > Fiction
- Neighbors > Fiction
- Soccer stories
- Older women > Fiction
- Women coaches (Athletics) > Fiction
- Friendship > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Humorous fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Swedish.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-9588
- ISBN
- 9781501142536
- 1501142534
- LCCN
- 2015047026
- OCLC
- 928481274
- Author
- Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.
- Title
- Britt-Marie was here : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
- Publisher
- New York : Atria Books, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Translated from the Swedish.
- Added Author
- Koch, Henning, 1962- translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Backman, Fredrik, 1981- Britt-Marie was here. New York : Atria Books, 2016 9781501142550 (DLC) 2016004098
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-9588