The Red Address Book: The International Bestseller
Sofia Lundberg
‘Written with love, told with joy’ Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called OveA heartwarming debut about 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through her decades-old address book. But the most profound moment of her life is still to come …Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment. She has few visitors, but her weekly Skype calls with Jenny—her American grandniece, and her only relative—give her great joy and remind her of her own youth.When Doris was a girl, she was given an address book by her father, and ever since she has carefully documented everyone she met and loved throughout the years. Looking through the little book now, Doris sees the many crossed-out names of people long gone and is struck by the urge to put pen to paper. In writing down the stories of her colourful past—working as a maid in Sweden, modelling in Paris during the 30s, fleeing to Manhattan at the dawn of the Second World War—can she help Jenny, haunted by a difficult childhood, to unlock the secrets of their family and finally look to the future? And whatever became of Allan, the love of Doris’s life?
Copyright (#u9ebf11f9-0dea-520d-a98c-7608e33135fd)
The Borough Press
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Copyright © Sofia Lundberg 2017
English Translation © Alice Menzies 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008277925
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2019 ISBN: 9780008277949
Version: 2018-11-27
Dedication (#u9ebf11f9-0dea-520d-a98c-7608e33135fd)
For Doris, heaven’s most beautiful angel You gave me air to breathe and wings to fly.
And for Oskar, my most precious treasure.
Contents
Cover (#u7b7e274a-7196-5599-81a7-9dd153290f17)
Title Page (#u61f67b9b-625b-58e6-ad9b-c428f2fcd619)
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1 (#u760ebf60-3a7f-535c-8024-3978a5b5350d)
Chapter 2 (#ua011e376-0979-5653-89f3-c210f7474011)
Chapter 3 (#u4ce15978-2592-5a79-8821-de113e3eb26e)
Chapter 4 (#u316d36ec-5b39-58b5-b883-6c6fcfd09f23)
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Chapter 6 (#u20e39fd9-831d-5c0b-ad24-47fc1dc4e95d)
Chapter 7 (#u71576f95-123b-5d34-b245-fad5ce8a7915)
Chapter 8 (#u0200bfdd-80e1-533a-925b-a47149b57434)
Chapter 9 (#u651e941d-c5ca-523b-8125-df3539e1d9a6)
Chapter 10 (#uc67c9509-0ed1-574a-9734-cef7ad56a819)
Chapter 11 (#ufde91780-02d1-52ed-bbcd-dc7492aebb04)
Chapter 12 (#u30f08de3-45f1-5f58-b037-459c516b4baf)
Chapter 13 (#uec713280-67e6-5c77-ae07-b3cd912e26a2)
Chapter 14 (#u33e381f9-4c7f-529d-9723-34017271f0a1)
Chapter 15 (#ua245eea5-b474-5943-a358-2f79c0a2b263)
Chapter 16 (#u292b1a10-d624-56b6-bd15-cff93d4fabee)
Chapter 17 (#ue58a51fe-8a61-518c-adac-5223d386baee)
Chapter 18 (#u32b546ec-67c5-54e0-9f15-c60c458d619d)
Chapter 19 (#u526a3494-aa41-5348-ae2a-4e01a8bc64d2)
Chapter 20 (#u0c4acbee-d9a1-50de-9ef2-03a5a2c75c26)
Chapter 21 (#ua9753bf1-22a5-5a5b-9213-365d9df9e1c7)
Chapter 22 (#ue0a95004-756a-5a11-9920-03ecd0b49236)
Chapter 23 (#u24fd9297-b8f0-53cc-81c1-38397057ba85)
Chapter 24 (#ucfc6ba21-c546-593b-98b2-c992f1d9a7c1)
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Chapter 26 (#ue73dc49d-959d-5a49-a65b-6747ba231198)
Chapter 27 (#uef28a088-e0d9-5c0f-9d8b-0081c8d94d28)
Chapter 28 (#ub6a47821-47d1-5c70-8f56-fb90a42382c1)
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Chapter 30 (#u3978047d-23fe-5b7d-8f02-8d912e486ab5)
Chapter 31 (#u2464b14b-168c-5b5f-a93c-7eb74531436d)
Chapter 32 (#ud2b6557a-8589-5cbf-bfab-6fc0bb0bed63)
Chapter 33 (#ufecb2eb2-967a-5700-8a94-bd5d0e7cae19)
Chapter 34 (#ua7c130f2-ef5d-575b-a1d0-fba266514d26)
Chapter 35 (#u93c2523c-1052-5d1d-a264-4e61c6b1943f)
Chapter 36 (#u5a845bef-93e6-5cc4-9146-758e7865f897)
Chapter 37 (#u7c7d14c8-db94-540b-b6d3-164bfa8ff061)
Epilogue
About the Author
About the Publisher (#u3fb930a3-2401-51dd-b925-c213f1ffb670)
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