Noah and his grandfather share a love of mathematics, fishing and other adventures, but to Grandpa, the world lately is somehow getting smaller and more confusing. His son tries to calm him when 
he's frustrated, but their relationship is complicated. Grandmother sometimes speaks to Grandpa with a cloud of hyacinth perfume surrounding her, but this too confuses the old man who realizes she has died, but then how..? In this novella, Backman has created a beautiful story about memory, family, love and loss.
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