When the Cranes Fly South

byLisa Ridzén, Ifan Huw Dafydd (Read by)

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The most moving book of the year about the power of human connection. A book to love, and share.

Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son.

Fortunately, he still has his rich memories, phone calls with his best friend Ture, and his beloved dog Sixten for company.

Only now his son is insisting the dog must be taken away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions and makes Bo determined to resist and find his voice.

An instant number one bestseller in Sweden and winner of the Swedish Book of the Year, When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving and life-affirming novel about one man’s desire to preserve his autonomy, the multitude of stories contained within a life, and the big things for which we have no words.

'The kind of book you give to someone when you’re really trying to say “I’ve been thinking about you” but don’t know how.' Fredrik Backman, bestselling author of A Man Called Ove

'A magical reading experience; among the most moving things I’ve ever read' No.1 internationally bestselling author Camilla Läckberg

'A book that will echo in your soul' Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

This empathetic Swedish bestseller is a poignant, quietly devastating meditation on old age.

Mail on Sunday

About Lisa Ridzén

The idea for Lisa Ridzén’s heartrending debut When the Cranes Fly South came to her through the discovery of notes her Grandfather’s care team had left the family as he neared the end of his life. She was also inspired by her research into masculinity in the rural communities of the Swedish far north, where she herself was raised and now lives in a small village outside Östersund.

Lisa began penning the novel whilst attending Långholmen Writer’s Academy. When the Cranes Fly South was a number one bestseller in Sweden, won the overall Swedish Book of the Year, and the Adlibris prize both for Debut and Fiction of the Year – the first time in the awards’ history that an author won in two categories. Rights have sold in 34 languages around the world.
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  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529944259
  • Length: 443 minutes
  • Price: £14.00
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