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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 Shes Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly mans struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his familys 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 youll treasure for a lifetime. -- Provided by publisher.
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46. A book set in Scandinavia
The boy carefully touches the lump on Grandpa's forehead.“Does it hurt?” he asks.“No, not really,” Grandpa replies.“I mean on the inside. Does it hurt on the inside?”“It hurts less and less. That's one good thing about forgetting things. You forget the things that hurt too.”“What does it feel like?”“Like constantly searching for something in your pockets. First you lose the small things, then it's the big ones. It starts with keys and ends with people.”“Are you scared?”“A bit. Are you?”“A bit,” the boy admits.
Felt drawn to this after We Spread (touched on themes of dementia/memory loss in a dark way, wanted to read something less eerie and more realistic in the realm of aging) and am very glad I was. Sad. Real. Having had a grandparent with memory loss for many years before his death, this hit a soft spot.
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