Hodder Brittmarie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman is described as a funny, poignant and uplifting tale of love, community and second chances. It is presented as a European bestseller from the author of A Man Called Ove.

Synopsis

For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste, with firm ideas about how things should be done, down to the correct order of a cutlery drawer. Beneath her passive-aggressive, socially awkward and highly pedantic exterior, she is portrayed as someone with imagination, bigger dreams and a warmer heart than those around her realise.

When she becomes unemployed and separated from her husband of 20 years, she is left to manage on her own in Borg, a provincial place described as having little more than a road running through it. Unexpectedly tasked with running the local football team, she finds herself unprepared, and begins to discover that life may offer more than she had realised.