Britt-Marie Was Here

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By Fredrik Backman

Britt-Marie cannot stand mess. A disorganised cutlery drawer is high on her list of unforgivable things. She does not judge other people; it is simply that they keep mistaking her helpful suggestions for criticism.

At sixty-three she leaves her husband, and the only job available is caretaker of the recreation centre in Borg, a town the recession has finished off, where the children want her to coach a football team she knows nothing about. A novel about a fussy, socially impossible woman with far more imagination than anyone has ever noticed.

First published 2014