And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer is a short illustrated novella by Fredrik Backman, the author of A Man Called Ove. In just under a hundred pages it follows an old man known as Grandpa and his grandson Noah, who sit together on a bench in a shrinking, dreamlike square filled with objects from their lives.

Grandpa's memory is slipping away, and he dreads forgetting the wife he fell in love with. Noah shares his love of mathematics and old jokes, while Noah's father Ted, who never cared for math, has long sought his own father's acceptance. Together they learn how to say goodbye.

A quiet, tender book about dementia, family and memory, and about holding on to the people we are losing while they are still here.