My Friends The unforgettable INSTANT Sunday Times Bestseller!
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Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, and My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.‘A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, and the unbreakable bonds that guide and shape us. Full of humour and heart, <i>My Friends </i>is simply wonderful’
- Chris Whitaker,
<b>Praise for Fredrik Backman</b><br /> ‘About strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying to show our boys how to be men. I<br /> utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book’ Jojo Moyes<br /> <br />‘A brilliant and comforting read’ Matt Haig<br /> <br />‘Funny, compassionate and wise. An absolute joy’ A. J. Pearce<br /> <br />‘A stunning read that plunges you into another world. Backman writes with incredible sensitivity and insight. Every one of the characters is real and multi- faceted, having you breathlessly turning the pages, following their fears and<br /> hopes, fretting for their futures. This is storytelling at its best: emotional, vivid, wise and utterly brilliant’ Hazel Prior<br /> <br />‘It’s the most enchanting, beautiful tale’ Ben Fogle<br /> <br />‘Funny, sad, clever, insightful, surprising and hopeful. Brilliant in every way’ Sarah Morgan<br /> <br />‘A surefooted insight into the absurdity, beauty and ache of life’ <i>Guardian</i><br /> <br />‘A mature, compassionate novel’ <i>Sunday Times</i><br /> <br />‘Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving’ <i>Daily Mail</i>
The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later…
‘A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, and the unbreakable bonds that guide and shape us. Full of humour and heart, My Friends is simply wonderful’ Chris Whitaker
* AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* ONE OF GOODREADS READERS' MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2025 *
* A BARNES AND NOBLE NATIONAL BOOK CLUB PICK *
You have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and
water balloons and another person’s breath against your neck. That’s the only courageous thing a person can do.
In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don’t even notice them. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise.
Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together. They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.
Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into 18-year-old Louisa’s care. Determined to learn how it came to be and to decide what to do with it, Louisa embarks on a cross-country journey. But the closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes.
In this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art, Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect.
Readers can't get enough of My Friends . . . (***** five star reviews)
'It was perfect. I have no other words to describe this masterpiece. Like, what the hell was I doing all these years??'
'I haven’t read a friendship story this genuine, heartfelt, clumsy, straightforward, smart, sentimental, shocking, and emotionally resonant in a very long time.'
'Is it too early in the year to pick my favourite read of 2025? I think not, as this will be hard to beat.'
'Backman remains my absolute favorite.'
'Absolutely brilliant and beautiful ... I loved, loved, loved this book.'