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)