And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Ratings162
Average rating4.4
Just Beautiful....listened to Audio version while travelling in Public transport, the journey was 1hr and the book was 1hr...made my journey remarkable...
I listen to this book
4.5./5.0
I finished almost crying.
“The teacher wanted us to write what we thought the meaning of life was once.” “What did you write?” “Company.” Grandpa closes his eyes. “That's the best answer I've heard.” “My teacher said I had to write a longer answer.” “So what did you do?” “I wrote: Company. And ice cream.” Grandpa spends a moment or two thinking that over. Then he asks: “What kind of ice cream?” Noah smiles. It's nice to be understood.”
I have no words good enough to do this book any justice.
I have never cried so much reading a book and I have never loved a story, like I love this one.
A touching, wistful novella about the impact of a man's life within his family. Even as it impressionistically and heart-wrenchingly depicted the tragedy of mental decline, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer evoked the wonder of magical realism. I cried bittersweet tears at the end. Definitely spurred me to read more Backman.
Il mio cuore non ha retto, e ho pianto sia l'acqua che ho in corpo che quella del battesimo. Mi fanno male i condotti lacrimali
i am not as emotionally devastated as i expected i would be but it sure packs a punch... and i appreciate the tenderness here
I can't explain what it is about Fredrik Backman's writing that never fails to make me feel something.
This was heartbreaking and so real. It covered grief and loss in a way that I haven't read in a long time. I wasn't expecting something so profound from a story so short.
This will be a story that I will think about for a very long time.
“We lived an extraordinarily ordinary life.”“An ordinarily extraordinary life.”
Felt drawn to this after We Spread (touched on themes of dementia/memory loss in a dark way, wanted to read something less eerie and more realistic in the realm of aging) and am very glad I was. Sad. Real. Having had a grandparent with memory loss for many years before his death, this hit a soft spot.
Fredrik Backman does not disappoint. Every story I read by this author is as good, if not better, than the last.
It is no secret that I love Fredrik Backman's books but this one touches me particularly due to its subject.
Thank you Fredrik for writing so beautifully about such a hard issue and for sharing it with the world.
After a long time I've finished a book in one sitting. This is masterpiece and make me want to read more by Frederick Backman. There is a specific cadence in his writing that really hooks me in.
This book is about relationship, memories and letting go. Very few times any (non manga) book has kept me invested, involved and consistently emotional throughout the read. This definitely teared me up.
Must read.
What an incredibly moving story about an old man and his family. Backman is catapulting himself up my favorite authors list.
I hadn't planned on reading this book this month but I was wanting a quick audiobook to listen to one night and this one fit the bill. I went in not really knowing anything besides the fact that so many people rave about this authors books and his writing and I can totally see why. This book is about a man who has dementia. The story is about the mans life/memories and it's told through the mans dementia. I admit I was a little confused at first but then I realized what was going on and it made complete sense and it was a unique way to write the story. There is just something so beautiful about this authors writing. This is only my first book by this author but I will definitely be reading more.
Ok this was definitely not one I should have read first thing in AM with my coffee...my heart hurts and my eyes are still shedding water.
As a Nana this one hit extremely close to the hilt as one day this could be me...
Why does he have to write so beautifully and emotionally...oh how I love that so much