Fredrik Backman
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Language
English
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Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives...
Author
Series
2021 Book Club volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
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 neighbour from hell'....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsEspanol
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Tras dejar a su esposo infiel, Britt-Marie encuentra trabajo como encargada en el casi clausurado centro civico de Borg, un abandonado y ruinoso pueblo del que lo unico bueno que puede decirse es que tiene una carretera. Esta quisquillosa mujer se vera envuelta en la vida de sus nuevos vecinos, un grupo de malhechores, borrachos y holgazanes que le demostraran que la vida va mas alla de tener un cajon de los cubiertos ordenado. Pero su reto mas grande...