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Chapters 1-7

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Backman, Fredrik. Britt-Marie was here. Washington Square Press, 2014. Paperback.

• In Chapter 1, Britt-Marie sits in the unemployment office.

• She thinks about how life, like cutlery, should be arranged properly and not be changed.

• If her life had followed that rule, she would not be in the unemployment office.

• The girl who works there offers Britt-Marie coffee in a plastic mug.

• The girl’s hair is extremely short.

• Britt-Marie waits for the girl to offer her a coaster, but when she does not, Britt-Marie asks for one.

• The girl tells her to just put the mug anywhere.

• The girl tries to get Britt-Marie to fill in a registration form.

• The last job Britt-Marie had was in 1978 as a waitress.

• She is 63, she has no higher education, and she has focused her time on her husband...

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