This woman cleans constantly, is a stickler for the rules, she’s always removing imaginary fluff off clothing and smoothing out crinkles.
Yeah, you’ve probably guessed that she’s completely OCD.
There are setbacks, she’s unwavering in her desire to do things as they should be done – lists, cleaning, her refusal to use any cleaning product other than Faxin – but Britt Marie soon begins to open up. It soon becomes clear Britt Marie needs Borg and Borg needs her. To add to her horror, she ends up in charge of a group of kids who strong arm her into running their football team, something she knows nothing about. It’s been hit hard by recession, there’s no jobs, everything is being shut down, including the recreation centre she’s tasked with being caretaker of. A small town in the back of beyond that has had better days. The job she accepts sees her arrive in Borg. It’s such a simple a statement but can’t we all relate to that? No one wants to die alone, no one wants to be forgotten. Britt Marie feels that if she at least has a job to show up for, someone will raise the alarm if she suddenly disappears. She’s terrified of dying and laying undiscovered for days or weeks she can’t stand the thought of someone having to clean up the mess for a start. “If you can be heard then you exist.” Fredrick Backman Britt Marie wants to feel useful, she’s fearful that now she’s left everything and everyone she knows behind that no one will know she exits. Her reasoning for finding a job had me in tears. It’s clear her new life is going to take some adjusting to. “One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.” Fredrick Backmanĭespite her determination, Britt Marie pines for her old life, well, her balcony more than anything. She hasn’t worked in years she’s spent her adult life cooking and cleaning obsessively. She’s put him and his children before herself and taken his many, many put downs.
It quickly transpires Kent has cheated and taken her for granted for years. But hidden inside the socially awkward, fussy busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams, and a warmer heart that anyone around her realises.Īrmed with her balcony boxes….Britt Marie is taking control of her own life for the first time. It’s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. She is not one to judge others-no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. I’ve learnt now that any book by Fredrick Backman is going to make me laugh and it is – at some point – going to make me cry.īritt-Marie can’t stand mess.
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