&ldquo\;Pitch-perfect dialogue and an unpa
ralleled understanding of human nature.&rdquo\; &mdash\; \;Shelf \
;Awareness
New York Times \;best-selling author Fredrik Backman w
ill join us for a \;virtual event \;to discuss his latest book\,&n
bsp\;Anxious People\, on Thursday\, September 10 at 5pm EST.
In&nb sp\;Anxious People\, Backman drops us into the world of a failed bank robber and the disparate group of strangers who become unwitting host ages\, offering up unforgettable insights into the human condition and a g entle reminder to be compassionate to all the anxious people we encounter every day.
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Viewing an apartment normally d
oesn&rsquo\;t turn into a life-or-death situation\, but this particular op
en house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes e
veryone in the apartment hostage. As the pressure mounts\, the eight stran
gers slowly begin opening up to one another and reveal long-hidden truths.
First is Zara\, a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else until tragedy changed her life. Now\, she&rsquo\;s obsessed with visiting open houses to see how ordinary people live&mdash\; and\, perhaps\, to set an old wrong to right. Then there&rsquo\;s Roger an d Anna-Lena\, an Ikea-addicted retired couple who are on a never-ending hu nt for fixer-uppers to hide the fact that they don&rsquo\;t know how to fi x their own failing marriage. Julia and Ro are a young lesbian couple and soon-to-be parents who are nervous about their chances for a successful li fe together since they can&rsquo\;t agree on anything. And there&rsquo\;s Estelle\, an eighty-year-old woman who has lived long enough to be unimpre ssed by a masked bank robber waving a gun in her face. And despite the sto ry she tells them all\, Estelle hasn&rsquo\;t really come to the apartment to view it for her daughter\, and her husband really isn&rsquo\;t outside parking the car.
\nAs police surround the premises and television c hannels broadcast the hostage situation live\, the tension mounts and even deeper secrets are slowly revealed. Before long\, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police\, or s taying in the apartment with this group of impossible people.
\nRich
with Fredrik Backman&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;pitch-perfect dialogue and an unpar
alleled understanding of human nature&rdquo\; (Shelf Awareness)\, \;
FREDRIK BACKMAN \
;is the #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author of \;A Ma
n Called Ove\, \;My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She&rsquo\;s Sorr
y\, \;Britt-Marie Was Here\, \;Beartown\, \;Us Agains
t You\, \;Things My Son Needs to Know about the World \;and t
wo novellas and Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
\;and \;The Deal of a Lifetime. His books are published in more t
han forty countries. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two children.
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