Praise for Fredrik Backman "Backman captures the messy essence of being human.clever and affecting, as likely to make you laugh out loud as it is to make you cry." -- Washington Post "The perfect balance of heartwarming and heart-wrenching.Fredrik Backman has a way of simply yet elegantly describing relationships. We can all be idiots, but we're still all human beings worthy of connection and love." - NPR "Everything Backman's pen touches oozes with insight and heart." -- Amazon Book Review "Backman is a masterful writer, his characters familiar yet distinct, flawed yet heroic."-- Kirkus Reviews "As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with Abba and Stieg Larssson.

" -- The New York Times Book Review "Backman is the Dickens of our age, and though you'll cry, your heart is safe in his hands."-- Green Valley News (Arizona).