Kate’s 2¢: “Anxious people” by Fredrik Backman; Neil   Smith

“Anxious people” by Fredrik Backman; Neil   Smith

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Don’t be offended, but, written by a Swede, then, interpreted into English, something is bound to be lost or added.  The beginning of this story reminds me of dumping out the 1000 pieces of a jig-saw puzzle onto the table-top. It is a jumble of separate pieces that don’t make much sense.

   After working on the puzzle and this story, things begin to take shape and the bigger picture slowly comes into focus.

   I enjoyed the last chapter, where the author looked into each of the hostage’s issues and how they were resolved. The beginning then made sense, too.

“We never know how your life is affected by mine…But, when you get home this evening, when this day is over and the night takes us allow yourself a deep breath, because, we made it through this day.  There will be another one tomorrow.”

   If you need someone:  National Suicide Life-line, 300-273-8255 

Wikipedia

Fredrik Backman, (born 2 June 1981) Swedish author, journalist, and blogger, was voted Sweden’s most successful author in 2013. Backman grew up in Helsingborg, studied comparative religion but dropped out and became a truck driver instead. When the free newspaper Xtra was launched in 2006, the owner reached out to Backman.

Neil Smith is a French free-lance writer and translator and the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Bang Crunch.He has been nominated for the Hugh McLennan Prize for Fiction, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize–Best First Book (Canada), as well as the Journey Prize 3 times.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Anxious people DB100531

Backman, Fredrik; Smith, Neil Reading time: 9 hours, 55 minutes.

Marin Ireland

Humor

General

Psychological Fiction

Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house in a Swedish town becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes an eclectic group of strangers hostage. Strong language and some violence. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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