April 2018 Book Club - Britt Marie Was Here

I listened to this one and really enjoyed it! I like how Backman's stories (so far I've read Ove and this one) highlight how people change people in a reciprocal way. A few more thoughts: I also was not a fan of Kent and just wanted her to tell him to bug off BUT, I am sure, as Maureen mentioned, that it would be very hard for Britt-Marie to do that after 40 years! I was glad that B-M finally admitted that she loved Sven though, towards the end. I thought there were a lot of highlight-able quotes in this book too, and a couple of my favorites were:
“She wonders how much space a person has left in her soul to change herself, once she gets older. What people does she still have to meet, what will they see in her, and what will they make her see in herself?"

“My mother worked for the social services all her life. She always said that in the middle of all the crap, in the thick of it all, you always had a sunny story turning up. Which makes it all worthwhile.' The next words that come are smiling. 'You're my sunny story, Britt-Marie.”

 

I had requested the audiobook from the library and when I got it I was too busy with other things and the loan expired before I got a chance to read it. I did read a chapter or two though, and it didn't hook me, so I don't know, maybe being busy wasn't the only problem.

 

So better late than never- but it seriously took me FOREVER to finish this one- like I started reading it the beginning of July- then read a few others in between! I don't know why I just couldn't get into the story. Man called ove was on my list- but now after reading this one I'm not so sure. :/