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Pozdrawiam i przepraszam

Literary Fiction

Wzruszająca i pełna uroku opowieść o życiu i potrzebie bycia sobą Zwykła powieść o niezwykłych ludziach. A może na odwrót. Elsa ma siedem lat i jest inna. Babcia ma siedemdziesiąt siedem lat i jest szalona. Stoi nago na balkonie, mierząc z broni do paintballu w mężczyzn, którzy chcą rozmawiać o Jezusie. Ale jest też najlepszą, a zarazem jedyną przyjaciółką Elsy. Nocami Elsa i Babcia udają się do świata bajek – do Kraju-Między-Snem-A-Jawą i do królestwa Miamas. Bo tam każda istota jest niezwykła i nie trzeba udawać, że jest się kimś innym. Kiedy Babcia umiera i zostawia serię listów z przeprosinami do osób, którym wyrządziła krzywdę, zaczyna się największa z przygód Elsy. Prowadzi ją na klatkę schodową, gdzie poznaje pijaków, potwory, psy bojowe i zwyczajne baby, ale również prawdę o bajkach i ich królestwach, i o Babci innej niż wszystkie. „Pełna serdeczności opowieść o nadziei, przebaczeniu i tolerancji. Historia Elsy pozostanie z tobą jeszcze długo po przewróceniu ostatniej strony”. Library Journal „Historia, która trafia prosto do serca”. Norra Skåne „Pozdrawiam i przepraszam to pełen czaru hołd dla mocy opowieści. Największa siła twórczości Backmana tkwi w jego umiejętności tworzenia budzących wesołość groteskowych postaci, a potem dodawaniu szczegółów, które sprawią, że nawet najgłupszy i najbardziej irytujący bohater nabierze, jeśli nawet nie wielopoziomowej głębi, to przynajmniej ludzkich cech, umożliwiających nawiązanie z nim emocjonalnej relacji”. Svenska Dagbladet Na świecie sprzedano 6,5 miliona książek autorstwa Fredrika Backmana

The Wedding People

Fiction & Literature

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other. In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.

Say You'll Remember Me

Contemporary Romance

“Abby Jimenez has proven time and time again to be one of our must-read writers.”―Cosmopolitan There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an a*****e wrong… . . . unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake. But after one incredible and seemingly endless date—possibly the best in living history—Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.

Gli ansiosi

Fiction & Literature

Di solito andare in cerca di una casa da comprare non è una questione di vita o di morte, ma non sempre le cose vanno come ci si aspetta. E può anche succedere che una rapina in una banca non vada a buon fine e che il rapinatore in fuga irrompa nel primo appartamento che trova. E se proprio in quel momento in quell'appartamento ci sono un sacco di potenziali acquirenti dell'appartamento stesso, la cosa - come potete immaginare - si complica, e non poco. In un attimo essi diventeranno ostaggi e - benché totalmente estranei tra loro - si troveranno a dover condividere un'esperienza potenzialmente terribile. Tra di essi c'è una coppia di pensionati, un ricco direttore di banca, una giovane coppia di donne che sta per avere il primo figlio ma sembra non essere d'accordo su nulla. Se aggiungiamo al mix una ottantasettenne che ha vissuto abbastanza a lungo da non aver paura che qualcuno le sventoli una pistola in faccia, un'agente immobiliare agitata ma sempre pronta a fare un affare, e un uomo misterioso che si è chiuso nell'unico bagno dell'appartamento, be' questo vuol dire che abbiamo a che fare con il peggior gruppo di ostaggi del mondo.Ognuno di loro ha alle spalle una vita di torti subiti, ferite, segreti e passioni pronti a esplodere. E per giunta nessuno di loro è esattamente ciò che sembra essere. E ciascuno di loro, rapinatore incluso, desidera disperatamente essere in qualche modo tratto in salvo.Mentre le autorità e i media circondano i locali, questi coinquilini forzati finiranno per scoprire verità sorprendenti su se stessi e daranno vita a una giornata piena di folli colpi di scena e di eventi inaspettati, che capovolgerà i piani di tutti e mostrerà loro ciò che è veramente importante nella vita.Ricco di "dialoghi perfetti e di una comprensione impareggiabile della natura umana", questo romanzo di Fredrik Backman è una storia ingegnosamente costruita sul potere duraturo dell'amicizia, del perdono e della speranza, le cose che ci salvano, anche nei tempi più ansiosi e ansiogeni (proprio come i nostri).

Port Mortuary

Mysteries & Thrillers

The world's bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell presents the extraordinary eighteenth novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally and personally.Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta's home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked in the cooler.When the revolutionary 3D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen, she realizes that this is a case of murder - and that she is fighting a cunning and uniquely cruel enemy. Now it is a race against time to discover who and why before more people die. But that time is running out . . .

The Winners

Literary Fiction

Return to the close-knit, resilient community of Beartown with this “engrossing page-turner” (Woman’s World) about first loves, second chances, and last goodbyes—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove.Over the course of two weeks, everything in Beartown will change.Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams.Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a better life, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake.Maya’s parents, meanwhile, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club’s murky finances, and Amat—once the star of the Beartown team—has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister’s death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand.Discover what it means to forgive with this “hell of a conclusion to an outstanding series” (Booklist, starred review).

Babička pozdravuje a omlouvá se

Family & Relationships

Nový román od autora úspěšné knihy Muž jménem Ove. Zábavný a napínavý příběh plný nečekaných setkání, nepravděpodobných přátelství a obrovské síly pohádek a fantazie. Else je sedm, vlastně skoro osm. Její babičce je sedmdesát sedm, vlastně skoro sedmdesát osm. O Else dospělí říkají, že je na svůj věk vyzrálá, ale ve skutečnosti jim připadá otravná. O babičce tvrdí, že je ohromně čilá, i když tím myslí, že jim přijde bláznivá. Elsa je jiná než ostatní. Kromě babičky nemá žádné další kamarády, ale to jí nevadí. Babička jí totiž vypráví úžasné příběhy o kouzelné říši, kde není normální nikdo a nic a být jiný je tam největší výhodou. Jenže i v nejkrásnějších pohádkách se občas objeví zlý drak a do boje proti nepříteli se Elsa musí vydat úplně sama. Má doručit tajemný dopis a adresátovi vyřídit, že babička pozdravuje a omlouvá se. Netuší, že přitom drží v rukou klíč k největšímu a nejdůležitějšímu dobrodružství, které se kdy v babiččině pohádkové říši odehrálo. Román Babička pozdravuje a omlouvá se je psaný se stejnou lehkostí jako Backmanův Muž jménem Ove, dokáže čtenáře vtáhnout do děje a zároveň ho pobavit i dojmout.

A Man Called Ove

Literary Fiction

Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks!#1 New York Times bestseller—more than 3 million copies sold! 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 neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations.Fredrik Backman’s beloved first novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. “If there was an award for ‘Most Charming Book of the Year,’ this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down” (Booklist, starred review).

Vinnarna

Fiction & Literature

Det här är en liten berättelse om stora frågor: Vad är en familj? Vad är en hockeyklubb? Vad är ett samhälle? Och vad är vi redo att offra för att skydda dem?Det har gått två år sedan allt som ingen vill tänka på hände, alla har försökt gå vidare men något med den här delen av skogen låter oss aldrig riktigt göra det. Vi är en stad med sorg i hjärtat och våld i luften, vi älskar sagor med lyckliga slut men innerst inne visste vi nog alltid att det här inte var en sådan. Det börjar med en storm, den här gången, och slutar med en eld. Någon som har varit borta länge är på väg hem. Någon begravs. Någon blir kär, någon drömmer om NHL och någon drömmer om hämnd. Någon sover rygg mot rygg med sin bästa vän, någon försöker laga sitt äktenskap och någon försöker rädda sina barn. Någon hatar, någon slåss, någon tar ett skjutvapen och går mot en ishall. Allt vi kämpat för kommer inte överleva, alla vi älskar kommer inte bli gamla.Så vad är en familj? En hockeyklubb? Ett samhälle? De är summan av våra val. Vad är vi redo att offra för att skydda dem?Allt. Bara allt.Detta är den sista delen i Fredrik Backmans älskade trilogi om Björnstad. De två första böckerna, "Björnstad" och "Vi mot er", nådde New York Times bästsäljarlista och blev tv-serie på HBO. "Vinnarna" är ett drabbande, våldsamt och djupt kärleksfullt slut på historien om hockeystaden och dess människor.

$Britt-Marie Was Here \ Britt-Marie estuvo aquí (Spanish edition)$

Britt-Marie Was Here \ Britt-Marie estuvo aquí (Spanish edition)

Fiction & Literature

Fredrik Backman, el autor bestseller de Gente ansiosa, nos trae una novela emocionante, tierna y graciosa que celebra la importancia de la comunidad y de las conexiones entre las personas en un mundo que a veces intenta alejarnos los unos de los otros.Tras dejar a su esposo infiel, Britt-Marie encuentra trabajo como encargada en el casi clausurado centro cívico de Borg, un abandonado y ruinoso pueblo del que lo único bueno que puede decirse es que tiene una carretera. Esta quisquillosa mujer se verá envuelta en la vida de sus nuevos vecinos, un grupo de malhechores, borrachos y holgazanes que le demostrarán que la vida va más allá de tener un cajón de los cubiertos ordenado.Pero su reto más grande aún está por venir: se enfrentará a la imposible tarea de entrenar al equipo de fútbol juvenil del pueblo para alzarse con la copa que se jugará en pocos días. ¿Podrá Britt-Marie encontrar por fin su lugar en el mundo en este pueblo de inadaptados?FREDRIK BACKMAN es autor de nueve libros, entre ellos el bestseller internacional Un hombre llamado Ove, cuya versión cinematográfica fue candidata a dos Óscar. Sus obras se han traducido a cuarenta y seis idiomas. Backman vive en Estocolmo con su esposa y sus dos hijos.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)

Dystopian

Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price.It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

En man som heter Ove

Fiction & Literature

Ove är 59. Han kör Saab. Folk kallar honom ”bitter” och ”grannarnas skräck”. Men Ove är fan inte bitter, grymtar han. Han går väl bara inte runt och flinar jämt!Varje morgon tar Ove sin inspektionsrunda i kvarteret. Flyttar cyklar och kontrollerar källsorteringstunnorna. Trots att det är flera år sedan han avsattes som ordförande på bostadsrättsföreningens årsstämma. Eller ”den där statskuppen”, som Ove själv bara minns den.Men bortom den vresige ordningsmannen finns en historia och en sorg. Så när de nyinflyttade grannarna i radhuset mittemot en novemberdag råkar förstöra Oves brevlåda blir det upptakten på en komisk och hjärtevärmande berättelse om tilltufsade katter, oväntad vänskap och den uråldriga konsten att backa med släp. Som kommer förändra en man och en bostadsrättsförening i grunden.Fredrik Backmans debutroman om den arga äldre mannen i grannhuset präglas av pricksäker humor och hög igenkänningsfaktor. En underhållningsroman som både lyckas skapa sitt eget humoristiska universum och berätta något viktigt om oss själva och vår tid. Det är en underhållande feel good-berättelse i samma anda som Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann och filmen Livet från den ljusa sidan.Extramaterial: E-boken innehåller även utdrag ur Fredrik Backmans briljanta och skruvade humorbok ”Saker min son behöver veta om världen”.

Foreign Agent

Mysteries & Thrillers

“The best thriller of the year...an exciting and entertaining read.” —The Washington Times“A top-notch thriller.” —Bill O’ReillyFrom #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor—a brilliant thriller as “current as tomorrow’s headlines” (Dan Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Terrorism in Europe has spun out of control. The United States has decided on a dramatic response. Now, the CIA needs a very special kind of operative.Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He’s a former U.S. Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability.But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative. As a child, Sacha Baseyev endured an unimaginable horror. Today, he lives and breathes for only one reason—to kill. And he will kill as many Americans as it takes to accomplish his mission.When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels. But as Harvath searches for the man, he uncovers another actor—a rogue player hell-bent on forcing America’s hand and drawing it into a confrontation deadlier than anyone could have imagined. As the attacks mount, and terror is brought to the very doorstep of the White House, Harvath finds himself in the race of his life. From Vienna, Brussels, and Berlin, to Malta, Jordan, and Syria—he will push himself beyond the edge in order to confront one of the greatest evils the world has ever known.

Never Say Die

Mysteries & Thrillers

Jane “Effing” Smith has never lost a case. But the body count leading up to her last trial makes it clear: someone will do anything to keep her from winning again. Attorney Jane Smith’s top client is a Hamptons real estate celebrity standing trial for triple homicide. When her client’s many enemies put Jane at the top of their kill list, mounting a legal defense turns into self-defense. Knowing every day in court could be her last, she’s armed and ready: with brilliant arguments, hard evidence—and two Glock 26s. Until she hears the words “not guilty,” Jane Smith will Never Say Die.

$Things My Son Needs to Know About the World \ (Spanish edition)$

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World \ (Spanish edition)

Parenting

No existe un manual para aprender a ejercer uno de los trabajos más difíciles que existe: ser padre. Afortunadamente para nosotros, el autor sueco más reconocido e interesante de nuestros tiempos, Fredrik Backman (Un hombre llamado Ove, Gente ansiosa, Britt-Marie estuvo aquí), nos alumbra el camino con anécdotas personales tan graciosas como enternecedoras.A mi hijo: Quiero pedirte disculpas por todo lo que haré durante más o menos los próximos dieciocho años. Pero, cuando me ponga difícil, cuando me comporte de forma bochornosa, o arbitraria o injusta contigo, quiero que recuerdes bien aquel día que te negaste a decirme dónde diablos habías escondido las malditas llaves del coche. Entonces, quiero que recuerdes que fuiste tú quien lo empezó todo. —Tu papá.Cosas que mi hijo necesita saber sobre el mundo abarca las preocupaciones, situaciones y temáticas de la paternidad de forma lúdica y sensible como pocos saben hacerlo. Una invitación honesta y conmovedora a celebrar los altibajos y el camino imperfecto de la paternidad.FREDRIK BACKMAN es autor de nueve libros, entre ellos el bestseller internacional Un hombre llamado Ove, cuya versión cinematográfica fue candidata a dos Óscar, y Gente ansiosa, una futura serie en Netflix. Sus obras han sido traducidas a cuarenta y seis idiomas. Backman vive en Estocolmo con su esposa y sus dos hijos.

Η νευρολογία του έρωτα

Fiction & Literature

Η νεαρή νευροεπιστήμονας Μπι Χουνιγκσβάσερ ζει με γνώμονα την απάντηση σε ένα απλό ερώτημα-κλειδί: Τι θα έκανε η Μαρί Κιουρί σε μια ανάλογη περίσταση; Είναι απόλυτα βέβαιη ότι αν η NASA αναγνώριζε την ακαδημαϊκή της έρευνα ως καινοτόμα και την όριζε επικεφαλής ενός πρότζεκτ, η Μαρί θα έλεγε «ναι» χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη. Προφανώς. Πρόκειται για το απόλυτο «όνειρο που γίνεται πραγματικότητα» κάθε επιστήμονα. Όμως η μητέρα της σύγχρονης φυσικής δεν χρειάστηκε ποτέ να συνεργαστεί με τον Λίβαϊ Γουάρντ. Ναι, ο Λίβαϊ είναι θεωρητικά γοητευτικός τύπος. Όμως έχει δείξει ξεκάθαρα τα συναισθήματά του για την Μπι στο πανεπιστήμιο – για κάποιο (ανεξήγητο) λόγο τη σιχαίνεται. Και όπως έχει αποδείξει πολλάκις η ζωή, οι άσπονδοι εχθροί εργάζονται καλύτερα όταν απέχουν… έτη φωτός μεταξύ τους. Όμως όταν ο εξοπλισμός που περιμένει δεν έρχεται ποτέ και το υπόλοιπο προσωπικό στα εργαστήρια της ΝΑSA την αγνοεί, η Μπι βλέπει τον Λίβαϊ να γίνεται σχεδόν σύμμαχός της, να υποστηρίζει την έρευνά της, να είναι ακόμα και ευγενικός μαζί της… Ξαφνικά οι νευρώνες της Μπι παίρνουν φωτιά, αλλά καμία λογική σκέψη δεν μπορεί να αιτιολογήσει αυτή τη συμπεριφορά! Αργά ή γρήγορα θα καταλάβει ότι η λογική δεν λειτουργεί στον έρωτα, και τότε μένει να απαντηθεί ένα μόνο ερώτημα: Τι θα κάνει η Μπι Χουνιγκσβάσερ;

The Running Grave

Mysteries & Thrillers

In the seventh installment in the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series, detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. (Financial Times) Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her. . . Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.

Bride

Paranormal

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again... Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was…. Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.

Britt-Marie var här

Fiction & Literature

Britt-Marie var här är en roman om att förlora sig, förälska sig och att sparka på det som rullar. Borg är ett samhälle om vilket det snällaste man kan säga är att det ligger vid en väg. Britt-Marie är en 63-årig kvinna som fått höra att hon är en passivt aggressiv ältande gnällkärring. Hon har lämnat storstan och sin otrogna man efter 40 års äktenskap, Borg har gått igenom en finanskris som inte lämnat något annat efter sig än "till salu"-skyltar och en ölstinkande pizzeria. Britt-Marie hatar fotboll, Borg har inget annat än fotbollen kvar. Det är inte början på en underbar vänskap, det är det sannerligen inte. Men när ungdomslaget i byn behöver en tränare så desperat att de till slut är redo att ge jobbet till vem som helst, då bryr de sig inte om petitesser som att hon absolut inte vill ha det. För när det kommer till kritan finns bara en universell sanning om samhällen vid vägar: Pizzerior och fotboll är det sista som överger människorna. Britt-Marie var här är en roman om fördomar (inte för att Britt-Marie har fördomar, givetvis inte), korrekt organiserade bestickslådor (gafflar-knivar-skedar, i den ordningen, men inte för att Britt-Marie ältar!) och en landsbygd vid en transportsträcka. Det är en berättelse om andra chanser, första sparkar och hur nästan allt går att rengöra med bikarbonat. Författaren till En man som heter Ove och Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt har skrivit en kärlekshistoria och en kärleksförklaring, om spelet fotboll och platserna där man spelar det, men mest av allt om en kvinna som väntat ett helt liv på att hennes ska börja.

Here One Moment

Fiction & Literature

“A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime.”—Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIf you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed. Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all. How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looks like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.” Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable. A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party. If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.