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November Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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November Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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Welcome to our November Book Club event!
The theme for this month is books that have been adapted into a film!
The winner was A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove

Price of the book club is buying a drink from the bar

Happy reading, see you there!

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