Elsa has a habit of correcting others' grammar, is smart for her age, and is especially close with her grandmother (Granny). It sounded like an equally sweet and disarming story: a young girl reaching out on behalf of her beloved grandmother to right past wrongs.

While the characters are quirky and eccentric, the story has a slightly sinister undertone, because Elsa is afraid of ‘The monster’ which is more than just a part of her imagination and fairytales. o que para muita gente pode ser uma leitura "cheia de coisa", pra mim foi como revisitar muitos dos melhores anos da minha vida, porque neles eu volto a passar tardes e noites na casa da minha vózinha, sem saber quando um assunto começava e outro terminava, rindo de qualquer coisa e criando um mundo nosso muito melhor do que aquele que já tínhamos. The novel is ostensibly that of a little girl named Elsa who is seven years old and her beloved grandmother. She's so smart and astute that you sometimes forget she's only seven until we see the insecurities and vulnerabilities of a seven year old dealing with her parents' divorce, confronting grief and death and her anxiety over having a half brother or sister and fear that she won't be loved as much .The Bookbag * There are clear themes here, nominally: the importance of stories; the honesty of children; and the obtuseness of most adults, putting him firmly in league with the likes of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. ela consegue transformar um estacionamento em montanhas mágicas e toalhas torcidas em dragões que precisam ser vencidos. I’ve been wanting to read My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises by Fredrik Backman ever since I read (and loved! As mentioned previously, the child protagonist Elsa is also an engaging character to read, as Backman infuses her with observations well out of a 7 year old grasp while still writing her as a believable child.

Once again, the story takes place in Sweden, but instead of a curmudgeonly old man, it follows seven-year-old Elsa. I committed to reading it, and I did, but I probably only digested about 2/3 of the content because it just wasn't keeping my attention. There was a story to be told but with too many distractions; too many things to NOT like along the way. There are clear themes here, nominally: the importance of stories; the honesty of children; and the obtuseness of most adults, putting him firmly in league with the likes of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. I think the reason might be that it frequently reminded me of Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which I didn't care for at all.Elsa is the greatest combinations of both her parents, and grandparents, but mostly she is unique and different.

She is supposed to be very bright for her age, but really, some of the things she does and says is simply annoying. But Backman's writing is so different than Foer's that this story is absolutely still worth reading. Now, aging and eccentric she makes up fairy tales to entertain and to teach her beloved granddaughter. Elsa is the 7-turning-8-year-old main character who's been given a series of notes from her recently deceased and supposedly crazy grandmother.Plus I normally really like reading Scandinavian-translated books (I am the worst) because I like the way it sounds when it’s English-ized. All the people living in their big old building had a story to tell, relationships to explain, history to be completed, and a communal love for her grandma to be celebrated. When I perused the description for My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, I went "uh oh" but continued on. But, when her grandmother dies, Elsa is left to cope with her parent’s divorce, her mother’s pregnancy, and her issues at school without her staunch supporter. In My Grandmother Asked me to Tell You She's Sorry, Backman weaves a creative tapestry of the ordinary together with the extraordinary.

Bullied at school, Granny is Elsa's best and only friend, her guide to the Land-of-Almost-Awake, a dreamscape of fairy tales, magic and adventure that comforts them both when life is difficult, and her very own superhero. This, of course, sets her up for a great deal of bullying at school, and causes her mother a good deal of exasperation at times.Elsa is to guard the castle, which is how they refer to their home, and to look after their friends. By the time I finished the epilogue, I had tears in my eyes, I was missing Elsa and Granny something fierce, and this book had earned all the stars and a spot on my list of top ten reads of 2019. Yet they are each other’s favorite person – always on each other’s side even when they are in the wrong.