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The red address book / Sofia Lundberg ; translated by Alice Menzies.

The red address book / Sofia Lundberg ; translated by Alice Menzies.
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ISBN 9780008277932 (paperback)
Name Lundberg, Sofia author.
Title The red address book / Sofia Lundberg ; translated by Alice Menzies.
Published London : The Borough Press, 2019.
©2019
Description 290 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary This heartwarming novel is about 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through her decades-old address book. But the most profound moment of her life is still to come. Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment. She has few visitors, but her weekly Skype calls with Jenny-her American grandniece, and her only relative-give her great joy and remind her of her own youth. When Doris was a girl, she was given an address book by her father, and ever since she has carefully documented everyone she met and loved throughout the years. Looking through the little book now, Doris sees the many crossed-out names of people long gone and is struck by the urge to put pen to paper. In writing down the stories of her colourful past-working as a maid in Sweden, modelling in Paris during the 30s, fleeing to Manhattan at the dawn of the Second World War-can she help Jenny, haunted by a difficult childhood, to unlock the secrets of their family and finally look to the future? And whatever became of Allan, the love of Doris's life?
Language note Translated from the Swedish.
Subjects Older women -- Fiction
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction
Genre Domestic fiction
Other Names Menzies, Alice translator.
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