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Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden. As they wait together on the bench, they tell jokes and discuss their shared love of mathematics. Grandpa recalls what it was like to fall in love with his wife, what it was like to lose her. She's as real to him now as the first day he met her, but he dreads the day when he won't remember her. Sometimes Grandpa sits on the bench next to Ted, Noah's father -- Ted who never liked math, prefers writing and playing guitar, and has waited his entire life for his father to have time for him, to accept him. But in their love of Noah, they have found a common bond. Grandpa, Grandma, Ted, and Noah all meet here, in this peculiar space that is growing dimmer and more confusing all the time. And here is where they will learn to say goodbye, the scent of hyacinths in the air, nothing to fear.
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And every morning the way home gets longer and longer: a novella
2017, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
in English
- Large print edition.
141049683X 9781410496836
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And every morning the way home gets longer and longer: a novella
2016, Atria Books
in English
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
1501160486 9781501160486
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Place of publication given as Farmington Hills, Michigan on t.p.
Translation from the Swedish of: Och varje morgon blir vägen hem längre och längre.
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Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden.
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She&#x;s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man&#x;s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family&#x;s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go With all the same charm of his bestselling full-length novels, here Fredrik Backman once again reveals his unrivaled understanding of human nature and deep compassion for people in difficult circumstances. This is a tiny gem with a message you&#x;ll treasure for a lifetime. -- Provided by publisher.
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