If you feel like escaping everyday life and journeying into a heart-wrenching yet heartwarming novel, consider slipping into the pages of “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry.”
This whimsical story, written by Swedish author Fredrik Backman, follows a 7-year-old girl and her other 77-year-old grandmother through a series of adventures and misadventures. Originally published in Swedish in 2013, the novel was translated into English by Henning Koch in 2015.
Elsa is an observant, intelligent and quirky child, and her equally flamboyant, chain-smoking, mischievous grandmother is her best friend and superhero.
It turns out Grandmother really was a superhero; Elsa discovers her grandmother was once a doctor who saved many lives before she was born.
Grandmother uses fantastical stories about the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas to help the young girl cope with real-life challenges, including bullies.
