num_pages: 324
description: Britt-Marie cant stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge othersno matter how ill-mannered unkempt or morally suspect they might be. Its just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms which is certainly not her intention. But hidden inside the socially awkward fussy busybody is a woman who has more imagination bigger dreams and a warmer heart that anyone around her realizes.When Britt-Marie walks out on her cheating husband and has to fend for herself in the miserable backwater town of Borgof which the kindest thing one can say is that it has a road going through itshe finds work as the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished recreation center. The fastidious Britt-Marie soon finds herself being drawn into the daily doings of her fellow citizens an odd assortment of miscreants drunkards layabouts. Most alarming of all shes given the impossible task of leading the supremely untalented childrens soccer team to victory. In this small town of misfits can Britt-Marie find a place where she truly belongs?
language: English
title: Britt-Marie Was Here
publisher: Atria Books