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Authors: Fredrik Backman
FREDRIK BACKMAN
’s previous novels,
A Man Called Ove
and
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
, were both number-one bestsellers in his native Sweden and are being published in more than twenty-five countries. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two children.
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Copyright 2014 by Fredrik Backman
Originally published in 2014 in Swedish as
Britt-Marie var här
by Partners in Stories, Stockholm, Sweden
Published in the English language by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
Translation copyright © 2015 by Henning Koch
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Backman, Fredrik, 1981– author.
Title: Britt-Marie was here : a novel / Fredrik Backman.
Other titles: Britt-Marie var här. English
Description: New York: Atria Books, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015047026 (print) | LCCN 2016004098 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PT9877.12.A32 B7613 2016 (print) | LCC PT9877.12.A32
(ebook) | DDC 839.73/8—dc23
LC record available at
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ISBN 978-1-5011-4253-6
ISBN 978-1-5011-4255-0 (ebook)