{"product_id":"fredrik-backman-my-friends-2025-paperback","title":"Fredrik Backman: My Friends [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAnxious People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * ONE OF GOODREADS READERS' MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2025 *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewater balloons and another person's breath against your neck. That's the only courageous thing a person can do.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don't even notice them. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together. They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into 18-year-old Louisa's care. Determined to learn how it came to be and to decide what to do with it, Louisa embarks on a cross-country journey.  But the closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art, Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaders' praise for Fredrik Backman . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fredrik Bachman is a \u003cb\u003egenius writer\u003c\/b\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003e 'Fredrik Backman is \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite authors\u003c\/b\u003e ... It's almost\u003cb\u003e sad to reach the ends of his books\u003c\/b\u003e and I look forward to reading more of his brilliant work.'\u003cbr\u003e 'I cannot imagine how Mr Backman knows so much about life, people and what really matters. \u003cb\u003eRead all of his books!\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eBackman writes about the best and worst of us all.\u003c\/b\u003e Incredible insights and food for thought. Both terrifying and exhilarating in that he makes you feel so much.'\u003cbr\u003e 'What a \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewriter\u003c\/b\u003e.'","brand":"Backman, Fredrik","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50705979834707,"sku":"9781398516403","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":53324392563027,"sku":"XG81398516403","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52895886344531,"sku":"XV81398516403","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":51259869954387,"sku":"XE81398516403","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/backman-fredrik-fredrik-backman-my-friends-2025-paperback-9781398516403-1153820428.jpg?v=1774352908","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/fredrik-backman-my-friends-2025-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}