The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

Written with love, told with joy. Very easy to enjoy.--Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove

For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared comes a heartwarming debut about 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through her decades-old address book. But the most profound moment of her life is still to come . . .

Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment. She has few visitors, but her weekly Skype calls with Jenny--her American grandniece, and her only relative--give her great joy and remind her of her own youth.

When Doris was a girl, she was given an address book by her father, and ever since she has carefully documented everyone she met and loved throughout the years. Looking through the little book now, Doris sees the many crossed-out names of people long gone and is struck by the urge to put pen to paper. In writing down the stories of her colorful past--working as a maid in Sweden, modelling in Paris during the 30s, fleeing to Manhattan at the dawn of the Second World War--can she help Jenny, haunted by a difficult childhood, unlock the secrets of their family and finally look to the future? And whatever became of Allan, the love of Doris's life?

A charming novel that prompts reflection on the stories we all should carry to the next generation, and the surprises in life that can await even the oldest among us, The Red Address Book introduces Sofia Lundberg as a wise--and irresistible--storyteller.

Lundberg, Sofia: - Sofia Lundberg (1974), periodista y editora de revistas, es la autora novel de La agenda roja, un proyecto que comenzü¾Œ¶˜¼ como blog y que gracias a un imparable fenü¾Œ¶˜¼meno boca-oreja se ha convertido en la sensaciü¾Œ¶˜¼n literaria del momento en Suecia y con prü¾Œ¶˜¼xima publicaciü¾Œ¶˜¼n en 28 paü¾™†”¼ses mü¾Œ–”¼s. Muy joven trabajü¾Œ¶˜¼ como modelo en Parü¾™†”¼s, Milü¾Œ–”¼n y Nueva York, y La agenda roja estü¾Œ–”¼ basada parcialmente tanto en sus experiencias en esa ü¾Ž–”¼poca como en las de su propia tü¾™†”¼a abuela, tambiü¾Ž–”¼n llamada Doris. Sofia vive en Estocolmo con su hijo.

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ISBN 13	9780358108542
ISBN 10	0358108543
Title	The Red Address Book
Author	Sofia Lundberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Year published	2019-10-01
Number of pages	304
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