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My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.

Backman, Fredrik, 1981- (author.). Koch, Henning, 1962- (translator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501115073
  • Physical Description: 372 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions and an excerpt from Britt-Marie was here.
Translation of: Min mormor h©·alsar och s©·ager f©·orl©®at.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Upper Grades 5.8 17.0
Subject: Grandparent and child > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Death > Fiction.
Girls > Fiction.
Individuality > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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