# Event Details - **Event Name**: My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 10:30 am – Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm - **Event Description**: For the sixth book of the History & Heritage Book Club, we will be reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman. Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones, but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different. ********************************************************* Gammelgården Museum is launching a new program in 2025, History & Heritage Book Club! From May through December 2025, we will be exploring 8 books related to Nordic history and heritage; and Swedish lifestyles and traditions. There are both fiction and non-fiction books; and authors from the United States and Sweden. Join others book lovers every first Friday of the month from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. (Note: July’s book club meeting will be held on the second Friday of July due to the 4th of July holiday.) The History & Heritage Book Club will be held at Gammelgården Museum at 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN 55073. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with others in the community who love to read and want to discover some great books! 2025 Book List: May – Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo - *F June – The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk - *N July – The Lagom Life – A Swedish Way of Living by Elisabeth Carlsson - *N August – The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle - N September – Giants in the Earth – A Saga of the Prairie by O.E. Rölvaag - F October – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman - *F November - The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow – The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi by Elin Anna Labba - *N December – The Palace of the Snow Queen – Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi by Barbara Sjoholm - N * - Swedish, Sámi, or Swedish-American author F – Fiction N – Non-Fiction Email: director@gammelgardenmuseum.org Phone: (651) 433-5053 Facebook Group: History & Heritage Book Club - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/scandia/my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-shes-sorry-history-and-heritage-book-club/200027877799930 - **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, art, literary-art, meetups, first-friday, dog, holiday - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 15 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Scandia - **state**: MN - **country**: United States - **location**: 20880 Olinda Trl N, Scandia, MN, United States, Minnesota 55073 - **lat**: 45.2515 - **long**: -92.80745 - **full address**: 20880 Olinda Trl N, Scandia, MN, United States, Minnesota 55073 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/2cc203a0663f02e226be58d34143d7b531b4c5fa7e3715580e47af32b838cdba-rimg-w854-h1280-dcc6cfc3-gmir?v=1759399559 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club being held? - **A:** My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club takes place on Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 10:30 am to Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm at 20880 Olinda Trl N, Scandia, MN, United States, Minnesota 55073. - **Q**: Who is organizing My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club ? - **A:** My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club is organized by Gammelgården Museum of Scandia. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry : History & Heritage Book Club is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Scandia, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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