A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Read, Teach, Eat, Repeat

Publish Date: 7/15/14 (earlier in Sweden)
Author:  Fredrik Backman
Started: 9/20/19
Finished: 9/26/19
Pages: 294
Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Summary:
A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of…

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