Happy June Bookmates! Join us as we discuss our Book Club Selection for this month: Anxious People by Fredrick BackmanWe absolutely fell in love with this book, and the beautiful way Backman has of making every sentence count in this humorous, compassionate, wise, and ingeniously constructed story executed to damn near perfection.What did Anxious People make you feel? Did you love it? Hate it? Comment and let us know!It's Book Club. We want your tea, even if we don't agree!Synopsis:Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix up their own marriage. There's a wealthy banker who has been too busy making money to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world.Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in a motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next. Click here to send fan mail!Support the showWant to support our show? Subscribe at the link below to receive episode updates and a shout out on our show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2359887/supportFind us on social media! We want to hear your thoughts!https://linktr.ee/bookmatespodcasthttps://www.bookmatespodcast.com/Email us at [email protected] For super fun extras, bonus episodes and content, hop on over to Bookmates After Dark on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/BookmatesAfterDark/home

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