03494cam a2200529 i 4500 417818420 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 160122t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015047026 9781501142536 1501142534 9781501142543 1501142542 (OCoLC)928481274 DLC eng rda DLC YDX YDXCP BTCTA BDX NZTPP IEP JAI ABG UPZ OU9 ILC CDX CGL TXBXL OCLCF IUK NDS PUL AW3 WYZ WIMVL JHWCP NZAUC OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO IGA CHILD OCLCQ GZS TXLAP OCLCQ OCLCO TXJAS UOK QJK EYB CREBL YT6 CSA T3L M@S M4L RCL HCO TFH SPP ZOV OCLCQ RKWLC T7R LKC OCLCO UTP OCLCO UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda eng swe Backman, Fredrik, 1981- Britt-Marie was here. Britt-Marie var h©Þr English. Britt-Marie was here : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch. First Atria books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2016. ©2015. 324 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a job in the only place she can: Borg, a small, derelict town devastated by the financial crisis. For the fastidious Britt-Marie, this new world of noisy children, muddy floors, and a roommate who is a rat (literally), is a hard adjustment. As for the citizens of Borg, with everything that they know crumbling around them, the only thing that they have left to hold onto is something Britt-Marie absolutely loathes: their love of soccer. When the village's youth team becomes desperate for a coach, they set their sights on her. She's the least likely candidate, but their need is obvious and there is no one else to do it. Thus begins a beautiful and unlikely partnership. In her new role as reluctant mentor to these lost young boys and girls, Britt-Marie soon finds herself becoming increasingly vital to the community. And even more surprisingly, she is the object of romantic desire for a friendly and handsome local policeman named Sven. In this world of oddballs and misfits, can Britt-Marie finally find a place where she belongs? 20200101. Translated from the Swedish. Older women Fiction. Soccer teams Fiction. Conduct of life Fiction. Neighbors Fiction. Neighborhoods Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Runaway wives Fiction. Soccer stories. Small cities Fiction. Women coaches (Athletics) Fiction. Life change events Fiction. City and town life Sweden Fiction. Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Koch, Henning, 1962-, translator.