''A tender tale about ageing, our own and others, and the quiet brutality of love. About what being a man is, and what being a human is, about fathers and sons and fathers and dogs. It''s really a book for anyone who''s had to say goodbye. 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, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he''s got left; his body is failing him and his quiet existence is only broken up by the daily visits from his home care team. His hands soon too weak to open the precious jar housing the scarf of his Alzheimer-stricken wife Frederika, which still bears her scent. Fortunately he still has his beloved dog Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog 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 that make him look back at his life, his fatherhood and the way he expresses his love. When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving debut about an ageing man''s fight to keep the power over his own life.

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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 44 languages around the world.

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER. 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.

'So heartbreaking and funny and beautiful and wise... an extraordinary book' RICHARD OSMAN

'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to buy twenty copies and give them to everyone you love' FREDRIK BACKMAN

'The most moving book I've ever read.' JACQUELINE WILSON**

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
Waterstones Book of the Month

Bo is determined to live his own life in his own way. But his son has other ideas...

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...

'A novel anyone will take to heart' Patrick Gale, Guardian

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

Readers love When the Cranes Fly South:

'What makes this novel truly remarkable is the way it explores universal themes...readers will find themselves deeply connected to [Bo's] journey of emotional reckoning'

'It is impossible not to be moved by this book'

'This is not just a story about a man and his dog; it's a story of family, of relationships tested by time and distance, and the effort to find peace within the limits of one's existence'

'A story that will connect to all of us in some way'

'Not only touches the heart but also invites deep reflection on what it means to truly live and love'