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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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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...