Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel (English Edition) -

Fredrik Backman

Atria Books

2016

336 páginas

11h 12m

ISBN-13: 9781501142536

From the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, a heartwarming and hilarious story of a reluctant outsider who transforms a tiny village and a woman who finds love and second chances in the unlikeliest of places.

Britt-Marie can’t stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention.

But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a job in the only place she can: Borg, a small, derelict town devastated by the financial crisis. For the fastidious Britt-Marie, this new world of noisy children, muddy floors, and a roommate who is a rat (literally), is a hard adjustment.

As for the citizens of Borg, with everything that they know crumbling around them, the only thing that they have left to hold onto is something Britt-Marie absolutely loathes: their love of soccer. When the village’s youth team becomes desperate for a coach, they set their sights on her. She’s the least likely candidate, but their need is obvious and there is no one else to do it.

Thus begins a beautiful and unlikely partnership. In her new role as reluctant mentor to these lost young boys and girls, Britt-Marie soon finds herself becoming increasingly vital to the community. And even more surprisingly, she is the object of romantic desire for a friendly and handsome local policeman named Sven. In this world of oddballs and misfits, can Britt-Marie finally find a place where she belongs?

Zany and full-of-heart, Britt-Marie Was Here is a novel about love and second chances, and about the unexpected friendships we make that teach us who we really are and the things we are capable of doing.

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A primeira vista, vemos que Britt-Marie é um pouco grossa, ela tem o jeitão dela. Mas acredite, ao decorrer da leitura você vai amar Britt-Marie.
A forma como Fredrik Backman constrói os personagens é simplesmente incrível. São pessoas reais, com problemas reais, pessoas que você se identifica ou identifica em alguém que está do seu lado. Britt-Marie poderia ser a minha avó.

Ao longo dessa história, vamos conhecendo mais a história de Britt. Tudo o que ela passou na vida, com o marido, coisas do passado dela. Coisas que moldaram ela. Um dos seus maiores traços é que ela não suporta bagunça, ela é super organizada. E lendo, percebi que até esse jeito dela é meio que uma forma de não focar nas coisas que acontece ao seu redor.

Foi um livro que me emocionou muito. Mostra como podemos fazer diferença na vida de outras pessoas e as vezes nem temos noção disso.

É uma leitura que você vai rir, vai se emocionar, vai aprender coisas. Tudo que Brit-Marie quer é ser lembrada, ser vista. Apenas, leiam Britt-Marie esteve aqui.

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