Nostalgic, charming, heartwarming (and heartbreaking), I felt emotionally invested in Doris, the 96-year old main character. It's both somber and reflective as well as uplifting and full of love.

I did really enjoy this book. This book spans the long life of a Swedish woman. In the moments, it didn’t feel like she had an exciting life but that is not true! Her life spanned continents, love and loss, I loved the technology aspect of this 90 year old woman’s use of video chat to talk with her relative.

Thank you Sofia Lundberg for creating this story. The book is highly entertaining and I enjoyed reading about the life 96-year-old Doris lived. All stories told through a red address book! I found I could not put it down. Very well written and a charming story.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

A light, entertaining read. Probably more suited to adults than the teen library audience. The protagonist, Doris was melancholy and lovely in equal measure and her reminiscences written beautifully. The translation was spot on to create the delightful mood of the text.

This was a lovely read. I really enjoyed it and I absolutely fell for Doris. She was so likable and genuine, who wouldn't fall for her. I loved her memories and how eventful her life was, from her fashion career to her war memories and I loved her grandniece Jenny's reaction to and love of all the wonderful memories and titbits of invaluable knowledge imparted to her by her grandaunt. This is such as lovely read, emotional and sentimental, full of nostalgia. I highly recommend it.

As an avid reader, I love reading books about books! You'd think it would be redundant but I love the different perspectives and stories that authors come up with. This was an interesting read.

This was an okay book. I really wanted to enjoy it and hoped to connect with the characters. But it just didn’t happen for me. I liked the premise of the story and the fact that it developed from the author’s aunt Doris’s address book. I did like the story about the life Doris lived, the friends she made along the way, falling in love, connections, and the tory her address book tells. This is a sentimental touching read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishers for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

Like may people around the world, I have discovered that I will read--and thoroughly enjoy--every Scandinavian book with an elderly main character. Lundberg's book is not the exception. Do yourself a favor: read it!

I tried to get into this book and just couldn't. Thank you for the Advance Review Copy, but some books are not meant to be for me. I try hard to select those that will appeal, based on the descriptions, etc, but this one was a non-starter. I gave it a few chapters and then set it down. Go in peace, little book, find your readers.

Thanks to Houghton Mifflin and Netgalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book was marketed as being for fans of the Little Paris Bookshop and The 100 year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared, both of which I have read. I think it's more like the latter than the former. There are very few uplifting moments to break up the pathos of this story. I did like the protagonist and had empathy for her but the whole story was just too much of a downer. I struggled to the end because I just wanted to know what the conclusion would bring to the story - which was unfortunately just more misery.
I wouldn't recommend it as a "feel-good" story but my Mum might enjoy it because it's well-written and a pragmatic at times.

A wonderful story, as we see Doris reminisce about her life experiences by going through her address book. Definitely playing on the spate of older characters in novels recently, it’s a heartwarming addition to the category.

Even though I’d recently read a different book with a similar ending (don’t worry no spoilers here). I did thoroughly enjoy this novel.

My grandmother was in her mid 90s when she passed away and the author was spot on with the characters loneliness and reminiscence. It made me feel nostalgic and I wonder what stories my grandma had that I never heard because I didn’t know the right questions to ask.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

What a beautiful story! 96 year old Doris reminisces about her life as she flips through the pages of an address book her father gives her. This book weaves in and out of the past and the present. Thanks to netgalley for the kindle edition.

DNF at 7%. This is a it's not you, it's me case. I was initially interested, but I just never felt like picking it back up again.

I am a member of the American Library Association Reading List Award Committee. This title was suggested for the 2020 list. It was not nominated for the award. The complete list of winners and shortlisted titles is at <a href="https://rusaupdate.org/2020/01/2020-reading-list-years-best-in-genre-fiction-for-adult-readers/">

This book is beautifully written. I was drawn in by Doris and her address book from the beginning. It was interesting to read about her life at different time periods and how she wanted to write everything down for Jenny so that her memories would live on even when she wasn't. She had many heartaches in her 96 years and also some exciting times. Her time in Paris as a living mannequin, which I had never heard of, the wonderful parties that she and Eleonora attended. Falling in love with Allen and then the heartbreak when he left Paris. And all of the time in between and afterwards. I loved how Jenny went to be with her despite the reasons that she shouldn't. This book will stay with me for a long time.

I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

What a beautiful story of an older woman living for skype to talk to her only living relative, her great niece.
This story was pieced together well and held an unusual type of storytelling. It was completely character driven - all names from her Red Address Book she received as a child.
Besides the story having that 'charming' feel, it also speaks a lot to the aging process and the loneliness the accompanies it.

A tender, emotional and often sad book about the people you meet in your life and how they each have touched you.

Thank you Ms. Lindbergh for writing this book.

It is sweet, endearing, sad and heartwarming all at the same time. I loved how the story progressed by sharing stories of those in Doris’ address book.

This story will stay with me for a while and I’ll enjoy staying in its embrace.

Memories of a life lived and the people who shared it. The red address book has entries of all the people that have been a part of Doris' long life, many of which have long since died. Doris, a 96-year-old, writes the stories of these people as a way of sharing her life with her niece who lives an ocean away. This a lovely, yet sad book. Definitely worth a read.

A beautiful story of a life well lived and beautiful story that is passed along. I look forward to more from this author.