When the Cranes Fly South

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The Swedish phenomenal NUMBER 1 Bestseller, winner of Swedish Book of the Year, with rights sold in 31 territories. A moving debut about an ageing man's fight to keep the power over his own life for fans of A MAN CALLED OVE and REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 'The kind of book you give to someone when you're really trying to say "I've been thinking about you" but don't know how.' Fredrik Backman, bestselling author of A Man Called Ove 'A book that will echo in your soul' Garth Stein 'As if Fredrik Backman's Ove had a love child with sa Larsson's Sivving' Malin Persson Giolito Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he's got left; his body is failing him and his quiet existence is only broken up by the daily visits from his home care team. His hands soon too weak to open the precious jar housing the scarf of his Alzheimer-stricken wife Frederika, which still bears her scent. Fortunately he still has his beloved dog Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions that make him look back at his life, his fatherhood and the way he expresses his love. An international sensation, When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving debut about an ageing man's fight to keep the power over his own life. -- Swedish readers say... 'So incredibly emotional, poignant, touching, and sad. But also very warm' 'A novel about ageing, family relationships, fatherhood, loss and being the one who is left alone... Beautiful' 'A book that will stay with you for a long time' 'It is impossible not to be moved by this book' 'A short little book, a whole life' 'Delicate, warm, painfully beautiful about the conditions of life and ageing' 'Such a beautiful description of people and life and relationships' 'Wow what a masterpiece, I am speechless and have a new all-time favourite book!'

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A tender tale about ageing, our own and others, and the quiet brutality of love. About what being a man is, and what being a human is, about fathers and sons and fathers and dogs. Its really a book for anyone whos had to say goodbye. The kind of book you give to someone when youre really trying to say Ive been thinking about you but dont know how. * Fredrik Backman, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove *
This novel is irresistible. So tender and moving. Its as if Fredrik Backmans Ove had a love child with sa Larssons Sivving and the result is the most wonderful thing imaginable. Read it. * Malin Persson Giolito, internationally bestselling author of Quicksand and Beyond all reasonable doubt *
A powerful, sneakily emotional meditation on life and death, and the foundational relationships in our lives. This is a book that will echo in your soul. * Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain *

Author Bio

Lisa Ridzen is a doctoral student in sociology, researching masculinity norms in the rural communities of the Swedish far north, where she herself was raised and now lives in a small village outside of stersund. The idea for her heartrending debut When the Cranes Fly South came from the discovery of notes her Grandfather's care team had left the family as he neared the end of his life. She began penning the novel whilst attending L ngholmen Writer's Academy.