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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! 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 neighb ...Show more
Anxious People: The No. 1 New York Times bestseller, now a Netflix TV Series by Fredrik Backman
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
An instant number 1 New York Times bestseller and touching new comedy from the author of multi-million copy bestseller A Man Called Ove In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a masked figure approaching a bank...Two hours later, chaos has descen ...Show more
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Published as Beartown in USA
In a large Swedish forest Beartown hides a dark secret . . . Cut-off from everywhere else it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. And each year more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new future. But it is all put in jeopardy by a sin ...Show more
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
$38.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It's not that she's judgemental, or fussy, or difficult - she just expects things to be done in a certain way. A cutlery drawer should be arranged in the right order, for example (forks, knives, then spoons). We're not animals, ...Show more
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman
$38.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
A must-read for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, the new novel by the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon A Man Called Ove will charm and delight anyone who has ever h ...Show more
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
$24.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
It is Christmas Eve and a father and son are meeting for the first time in years. The father has a story he needs to share before it's too late. As he tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away, he reveals even more about himself; his triumphs in business, his ...Show more
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
$29.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
‘It’s often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here’ This is a small story about big questions. It's a story about family, community, life. It starts with a storm - and a death. But how does it end? Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Every ...Show more
Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman
$24.00 NZD
Category: General
'You can be whatever you want to be, but that's nowhere near as important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are' Things My Son Needs To Know About The World is a tender and funny series of letters from a new father to his son about one of life's most daunting experiences: parenthood. In between ...Show more
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