Book anxious people6/3/2023 Everyone else can afford stuff and has a handle on other stuff and enough energy to deal with even more stuff. Rich with Fredrik Backman’s pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature (Shelf Awareness), Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hopethe things that save us, even in the most anxious times. We look around occasionally, at our place of work or at parents' meetings or out in the street, and realize with horror that everyone else seems to know exactly what they're doing. We don't have time to think or breathe, we just wake up and start digging through the heap, because there will be another one dumped on us tomorrow. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A diverse assortment of Swedes gets caught in an unlikely hostage situation in Backman's witty, lighthearted romp (after Us Against You). We open our eyes in the morning and life is just waiting to tip a fresh avalanche of "Don't Forget!"s and "Remember!"s over us. As funny and wise as a Nora Ephron or Nick Hornby novel, Anxious People is a great reminder of the hope we can give each other, even in the strangest times. Work and pay bills, use dental floss and get to meetings on time, stand in line and fill out forms, come to grips with cables and put furniture together, change tires on the car and charge the phone and switch the coffee machine off and not forget to sign the kids up for swimming lessons. “Because the terrible thing about becoming an adult is being forced to realize that absolutely nobody cares about us, we have to deal with everything ourselves now, find out how the whole world works.
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