If this is not your first Backman book, chances are so will you. Wonderful performance of a wonderful book If you have not read one of Frederik Backman previous books, might I recommend A man called Ove as a first choice as this is second rate in comparison until they get a Scandi narrator, or anyone who speaks without an American accent. Sometimes the book was a bit too cliche and tried too hard, For me the narrator read it like an american sitcom, full of canned laughter. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.” “We don't have a plan, we just do our best to get through the day, because there'll be another one coming along tomorrow.” Lastly “Have you ever held a three-year-old by the hand on the way home from preschool?" "No." "You're never more important that you are then. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. One other reviewer picked two of the best but these are also note worthy “They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. Great book as described in the summary, full of some excellent quotes. The narrator had great intonation, however the accent really spoilt it for me. I will say my negative first… Why use an American narrator when the book is written by a Swede and set in Sweden.
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