Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrick Backman takes a small character from My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry and gives her her own book. This is my favorite so far of the books I’ve read by Backman. Britt-Marie starts out as a not very likable, fastidious older woman set in her ways and blunt with her opinions of others. When her husband leaves her for a younger woman she must find a job for the first time in decades and this sets her on an unexpected, often hilarious journey.

It’s impossible not to fall in love with Britt-Marie by the end. A surprisingly moving, deeply touching, always funny book. A great read.