Each ticket ($30) includes event a
dmission\, a copy of \;My Friends\, \;and a donation to t
he Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation.
Fredrik Backman is the #
1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author of \;A Ma
n Called Ove\, \;My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She&rsqu
o\;s Sorry\, \;Britt-Marie Was Here\, \;Beartown
\, \;Us Against You\, \;Anxious People\,&nb
sp\;The Winners\, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfict
ion. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Sto
ckholm\, Sweden\, with his wife and two children. \;
In My Friends\, most people don&rsquo\;t even notice t
hem&mdash\;three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the cor
ner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it
&rsquo\;s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa\, an aspiring artist her
self\, knows otherwise\, and she is determined to find out the story of th
ese three enigmatic figures.
Twenty-five years earlier\, in a dist ant seaside town\, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising ho me lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier\, telling silly jokes\, sharing secrets\, and committing small acts of rebellion. These l ost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning\, a reason to dream\, a reason to love.
\nOut of that summer emerges a transcende
nt work of art\, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen
-year-old Louisa&rsquo\;s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-cou
ntry journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do
with it. The closer she gets to the painting&rsquo\;s birthplace\, the mo
re nervous she becomes about what she&rsquo\;ll find. Louisa is proof that
happy endings don&rsquo\;t always take the form we expect in this stunnin
g testament to the transformative\, timeless power of friendship and art.<
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