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Starred Review on July 1, 2016 | Audio
One Monday in January, 63-year-old Britt-Marie enters an unemployment office, having last worked as a waitress in 1978. After decades of fastidious living—perfect cutlery drawers, coasters under every drink, dinner at six, beds disinfected with baking soda—Britt-Marie needs a job. She's left her husband after his recent heart attack—news she received through his mistress. With limited choices, Britt-Marie is now the caretaker of a neglected recreation center in an equally run-down small t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More