Literature Link for Jan 9, 2022 — Heart Goes Boom
• Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman, bestselling NYTimes author.
Talk about new beginnings! “Britt-Marie doesn’t like disorder. That’s why it’s so distressing when her life becomes a big, disordered mess in the wake of her husband’s infidelity. Now, Britt-Marie is isolated in the Podunk town of Borg. While its collections of outcasts at first find Britt-Marie overly critical and socially awkward, she’s determined to find a place where she truly belongs and takes on the impossible task of rejuvenating the town’s losing children’s soccer team.” Funny and moving, sweet and inspiring, Britt-Marie Was Here celebrates the importance of community and connection in a world that can feel isolating.
Here is a summary from Amazon. Click the “Look Inside” to read a passage from the beginning. Sounds like a book club pic to me.
https://www.amazon.com/Britt-Marie-Was-Here-Fredrik-Backman/dp/1501142542
• Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee. This is the book from which Matthew read an excerpt. I enjoyed reading this [pdf] summary, especially the part about circles.
https://blog.12min.com/joyful-pdf-summary/
• “Beannacht/Blessing” by John O’Donohue.
“And when your eyes/ freeze behind/ the grey window/ and the ghost of loss/ gets into you, may a flock of colours,/ indigo, red, green/ and azure blue,/ come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.” This poem is included in the second edition of Tools of the Trade: Poems for new doctors (Scottish Poetry Library, 2016).
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/beannacht-blessing/
• 7 Beautiful and Inspiring Short Stores About Life. These are short shorts that offer some insight about life and finding purpose. My best is the first about Rose and her inspiration. An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
https://livelifehappy.com/live-life-happy-stories/
In faith,
Dale Dunnigan