Perfectly and weirdly wonderful!
Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel by Fredrik Backman Britt Marie is such a wonderful anti hero. We meet her as she finds herself traded in for a younger model by her 'perfect' husband Kent, who is referred to throughout the book by Britt in the hushed tones of the subdued and oppressed. Let's face it--Britt Marie is a difficult woman. A woman who keeps 'living' at bay by rules. She is a woman exhibiting all the signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and a woman who finds it hard to express emotions in the normal way. What she does express, at out of place moments, are her decided rules about behaviour and tidiness and her compulsive obsession with cleaning--everything! Continually! Somehow her remarks, out of left field, often seem to others as meaningful. To Britt they are statements of fact. Her check list of determining a person's character includes how they arrange their cutlery drawer and whether or not they place coasters under their drinks...