A Man Called Ove (Audiobook)

from cathyskye

This is a book that I'd managed to ignore for almost a year. When I keep seeing the same title over and over again on the book websites and blogs that I frequent, I tend to go into avoidance mode. Hype makes me suspicious. It wasn't until recently when someone whose opinion I trust recommended th...

from JoniMFisher

This book embodies the strongest narrative voice of any book I've read in decades. The reader becomes intimately in tune with the wonderful, quirky personality of this unintentional iconoclast. This wonderful, surprising story deepens with each chapter, revealing the reasons this grumpy old man b...

from secondhandrose

Each year I seem to find a charming, touching book set in a culture foreign to me. This was a lovely book.

from shelf-employed

My aunt, who was blind and in a nursing home, recommended A Man Called Ove. She requested it more than once from the Talking Book and Braille Service provided by the National Library Service. I just recently got around to reading it. I know now why it was one of her favorites. It is simultaneousl...

from zmagic69

Confronting the loss of the love of your life, is never easy, it can be handled, but sometimes it can get messy. A Man Called Ove, is funny, tender, and touching, and proves that good books are still being written. It takes place in Sweden, but it could just as easily have taken place in middle A...