The Red Address Book / Sofia Lundberg / 290 pages

Doris is a 96 year old woman living on her own in Stockholm, Sweden.  Her only living relative is a grandniece, Jenny, who lives in San Francisco.  When Doris was a young girl her father gave her a red address book for her birthday.  She has kept it all these years and it has the names and addresses of the many people that have been in her life.  The story of Doris's life  is told by going through the different people in the address book.  Doris skypes every week with Jenny.  When Doris has a heart attack and is hospitalized Jenny flies to Stockholm to be with her.  She discovers Doris's red address book and the story of Doris's life that Doris had been writing down for her.  I found this a very enjoyable book to read and the author's address book set up for the story was great format.