Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Fredrik Backman

"It was a day like any other, with one exception. Britt-Marie was here." ***Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel is not your typical novel. It's different from anything you've ever read before. The language is simple yet beautiful and powerful. There are no unnecessary words; only the most important ones are chosen to tell the story of how a family comes together after their patriarch dies, and how that single event affects every member of the family--in particular, Britt-Marie, who has just turned ten years old at the beginning of the story but quickly develops her own point of view on what's happening around her and in her head (and heart).

"This was not a story about the Big Bad Wolf. This was not a story about Cinderella. It was a story about Britt-Marie, and she was learning how to live." In this novel by Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie is stuck in her own life. She has a husband who's bored of her, two daughters who don't respect her and no career that matters. When she embarks on an adventure with a hitchhiker, Britt-Marie finds herself on the path to finding meaning again.

A family saga of love and loss, Britt-Marie Was Here is a novel that feels like the classic Swedish novels penned by Henning Mankell or Stieg Larsson. Set in Stockholm, Sweden, around the onset of World War II, this beautiful novel follows the story of Britt-Marie and her parents.

Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel by Fredrik Backman is narrated by Joan Walker. Britt-Marie falls in love with a boy, Bodil Mattson, when she's thirteen. She plans to marry him and go on a family retreat to see the fjords in Norway from her family's vacation home. That was the plan at least. But fate has different plans for her and because of that tragedy, she's blindsided by her life choices and ends up on an unexpected journey around the world in search of herself late one night when she's twenty years old.

The novel is set in an idyllic Swedish town, Vimmerby--a place that everyone thinks they can escape to when the pressures of their lives get too much. In the beginning of the book, Britt-Marie arrives in this town and sets out to find herself. She takes a job at a small cafe but eventually she meets Hans who introduces her to his son Peder, who's also looking for his own sense of self. As she spends time with Peder and begins to fall for him, she realizes that there are aspects about herself that she doesn't like.

"Britt-Marie Was Here" written by Fredrik Backman is a heartwarming and entertaining story about hope, love, and the choices we make. When it first begins Britt-Marie lives with her son in a small cabin in the woods near her childhood home. While building up a new life for herself away from everything she knew she meets Axel Thorwaldson – a tenant of one of the town’s most well-established families. Through their journey together, they learn how much they have in common and decide to take another chance on love.