The Red Address Book

Written with love, told with joy Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove

Wise and captivating People Magazine

Within the pages of 96-year-old Doriss red address book are the names of all those she has loved and lost, telling the story of a colourful life. Living alone in Stockholm, she is comforted by the weekly calls of her grand-niece Jenny, who is haunted by a painful childhood.

Finally, Doris decides to put pen to paper, using her address book to recall the memories of a life well-lived from 1930s Paris runways to narrow New York escapes during World War Two and what she and Jenny discover may well change their lives forever