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I always read books from the library but this one I had to buy after I finished it. Yes, I loved it that much and am confident I will read it again and again. In fact, I immediately started re-reading it after it ended, something I never do.
“My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry” is the story of a precocious seven year old girl named Elsa and her slightly wacky and eccentric grandmother who creates the make-believe “Land of Almost Awake.” This world consists of a multitude of fairytales which help connect Elsa and her grandmother as well as Elsa and her neighbors. Elsa is “different” and this imaginary world helps her cope.
This quote helps to show how Elsa learns about the power of being different “All fairy stories take their life from the fact of being different. ‘Only different people change the world,’ Granny used to say. ‘No one normal has ever changed a crapping thing.”
The fairytales ultimately connects all the people that live around Elsa. She gets to know each one of them and their fairytale via letters her grandmother leaves for her in a treasure hunt of sorts after Granny passes away. “At first when Elsa’s Granny started telling her stories from Miamas, they only seemed like disconnected fairy tales without a context, told by someone who needed her head examined. It took years before Elsa understood that they belonged together All really good stories work like this.”
The creativity and imagination contained within the pages is captivating as well as entertaining and the writing is superb. “Elsa is the sort of child who learned early in life that it’s easier to make your way if you get to choose your own soundtrack.” I enjoyed reading this book and laughed many times and felt sad on a few pages. I loved getting to know Elsa and the fairytales that connect her world. I now want to read every book by Frederick Backman and plan to do just that!
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