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Summary of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. A heart condition has forced Ove, a 59-year-old widower, into early retirement. Now lacking purpose and overwhelmed by grief for his late wife, Ove finds himself contemplating suicide.
2) Chasing Kate
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Rock bottom meets redemption in this hilarious and heartbreaking story about two unforgettable misfits on a bumpy voyage of transformation. Adulting is hard for twenty-eight-year-old Kate Denai. She's single, alone in a new city, and having the Worst. Day. Ever. Her chaotic life spirals even more out of control when she accidentally kidnaps five-year-old Sadie Beck, a pint-sized stowaway with super-sized problems. When Kate realizes Sadie may be in...
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In the sequel to internationally-bestselling Swedish author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules, the League of Pensioners are up to their old tricks, this time swindling the biggest Vegas casinos, outsmarting a gang of young robbers, and evading the Swedish police in the name of elderly pensioners everywhere-perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
What happens in Vegas stays in...
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Eugene is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. They've been living together in good-natured bachelor harmony all this time, but something has got to give. The perfect balance of wry humour and pathos, Duffy and Son by Damien Owens is a funny and heartwarming mid-lit novel about family ties and finding romance. Eugene Duffy spent his life running a little hardware shop in a small town. It was a quiet existence, even before he retired. The only drama...
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He's dead. But he really wishes they had forgotten him.2018 Winner - Kindle Storyteller Award and IPPY Awards Gold Medalist When he was alive, Walter Augustus dreamed of lasting fame. But now that he's passed away, he's stuck in limbo until the last living soul who remembers him dies. Except just as his 200 years of perdition look like they're at an end, a stranger opens his dusty book of poems and adds another eternal verse to purgatory.Letty Ferguson...
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[2023]
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A man called Otto: Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
Women talking: The women of an insular, ultraconservative...
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