Anxious People

 I listened to a new book by one of my favorite authors named Fredrik Backman. He wrote A Man Called Ove. This book is named Anxious People. The author lives in Sweden. In this story a real estate agent is holding a viewing for an apartment for sale. Eight people are attending the viewing. Two are an elderly married couple. Another couple is having a baby any day now. Another young couple, an 87 year old woman who comes to viewings because she is bored and a younger man who is paid to disrupt the viewing. The real estate agent hides in a shaft above the closet. A bank robber comes in and takes them all hostage. The bank robber needs the money because her husband left her with her two kids, took all the money. If she can't pay the rent the courts will give custody of the children to him. They spend hours together drinking wine they found in the closet. They order pizza. The police bring up the pizza. The bank robber says she will let them go free. Now the people in the viewing want to protect her. This charming story is humorous, wise and compassionate.