Britt-Marie Was Here

Do you know how “decent people” behave? Britt-Marie does. She gets up at 6 a.m. sharp and has dinner exactly at six. She never uses a pen (only pencil!), and there isn’t a single speck of dust in her spotless home.

But Britt-Marie’s orderly world collapses when she leaves her husband after forty years of marriage. She moves to the tiny, struggling town of Borg, where she unexpectedly becomes the coach of a ragtag kids’ soccer team — even though she knows nothing about soccer… and dislikes it nearly as much as she dislikes mess.

As Britt-Marie tries to help the children and make sense of this new chapter in her life, she finds unexpected friendships — and maybe even her true place in the world.

An international bestseller, Britt-Marie Was Here is a heartwarming and inspiring novel about second chances, quirky courage, and the beauty of being just a little bit different.