{"id":2996,"date":"2018-01-25T08:07:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2018-09-18T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:52:59","slug":"and-every-morning-the-way-home-gets-longer-and-longer-a-novella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/and-every-morning-the-way-home-gets-longer-and-longer-a-novella\/","title":{"rendered":"And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fredrik Backman \u2014 Atria<\/em>, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just when you think you\u2019ve read all of the books you\u2019ll ever need on dementia and the long goodbye, along comes this glorious novella from Fredrik Backman, easily the best thing to come to the United States from Sweden since IKEA. Not initially intending to share, Backman wrote this to explore his feelings on familial love and loss. Readers familiar with his work (A Man Called Ove, Britt-Marie Was Here<\/em>) will recognize his positive portrayals of older adults. Here, on a bench with his beloved grandson Noah, Grandfather realizes his memory is slipping and worries he\u2019ll forget the loves of his life. Understanding what\u2019s at stake, Noah tries to help his grandfather hold on to the happy times. Through a shared love of mathematics, the pair can face infinity and the concept of forever without fear. This gem is sprinkled with illustrations, but it\u2019s the poetry of Backman\u2019s words that create a visually memorable experience, to be read, reread and shared.<\/p>\n

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Just when you think you\u2019ve read all of the books you\u2019ll ever need on dementia and the long goodbye, along comes this glorious novella from Fredrik Backman.<\/p>\n

Read more And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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