My Friends
By Fredrik Backman
Registration begins on August 3
Join the book discussion on Thursday, Sept. 3, 4p.m., about My Friends: A Novel, a 2025 novel by Fredrik Backman, a fictional novel that tells a story in two timelines: a present-day narrative about a young woman named Louisa and a past narrative about four teenage friends who find solace in each other during a difficult sumer. The plot connects through a famous painting of the friends, exploring themes of friendship, trauma, art and hope, with a story that is both humorous and deeply emotional, dealing with heavy subjects like abuse, addiction, and loss. Unforgettably funny and 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. The teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing 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.
Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa's care. She embarks on a journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect.
Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, which was made into two movies, one Swedish and one American starring Tom Hanks.
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EVENT DATE/TIME: Thursday, Sept. 3, 4-5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: LLL Center
COST: Free Event
MAXIMUM: 24