· A charming novel that prompts reflection on the stories we all should carry to the next generation, and the surprises in life that can await even the oldest among us, The Red Address Book introduces Sofia Lundberg as a wise—and irresistible—storyteller. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the www.doorway.ru: HMH Books. · THE RED ADDRESS BOOK. by Sofia Lundberg ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, Nearing the end of her days, year-old Doris Alm turns the pages of her red address book, a gift from her father decades ago, lingering over names crossed through with the word “dead” etched in the margin. Impoverished at age 13 by her father’s untimely death, Doris is sent by her mother to work as a maid . The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg is a novel about a 96 year old woman's,Doris, life story. It is in her red address book, the names of people who are either in her life or dead because she out lived them. Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove, wrote "written with love, told with joy, very easy to enjoy".4/5.
So begins Sofia Lundberg's The Red Address Book, with a very fragile Doris recalling a life with people long dead. We start in Stockholm, when Doris is only 10 years old, and move on to her days as a model in Paris in the s, then to New York City, where she hopes to reunite with the love of her life. A charming novel that prompts reflection on the stories we all should carry to the next generation, and the surprises in life that can await even the oldest among us, The Red Address Book introduces Sofia Lundberg as a wise—and irresistible—storyteller. Sofia Lundberg (b. ), a journalist and former magazine editor, made her debut with the word-of-mouth sensation The Red Address www.doorway.ru by critics for her ability to sweep readers off their feet and take them on journeys through time and space, love and loss, Lundberg is the shining new star of heartwarming - and heart-wrenching - Scandinavian fiction.
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, Verified Purchase. Sofia Lundberg’s novel, The Red Address Book, does not deliver the comfort and humor promised on the book jacket, although I do agree it is strong tribute to the wisdom of older women and intergenerational devotion. The Red Address Bookby Sofia Lundberg. “Written with love, told with joy. Very easy to enjoy.”—Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove. The global fiction sensation—publishing in 32 countries around the world—that follows year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through her. THE RED ADDRESS BOOK. by Sofia Lundberg ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, Nearing the end of her days, year-old Doris Alm turns the pages of her red address book, a gift from her father decades ago, lingering over names crossed through with the word “dead” etched in the margin. Impoverished at age 13 by her father’s untimely death, Doris is sent by her mother to work as a maid for the glamorous Madame Serafin.
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