Doris is a 96-year-old woman living alone in Sweden; her only family is a niece, Jenny, in San Francisco. Approaching the end of her life, she flips back through the red address book that was a gift from her father when she was a little girls. Its pages are filled with the names of people she met over the years, many of them who have since passed away, and evokes the memories of her lifetime. Doris begins to write down her memories to share them with and save them for Jenny.

Alternating between past and present, this book takes the reader through the events of Doris' life in Europe and America - her first and true loves; reunions with friends and family; her jobs as a housekeeper and a live mannequin in Paris for designers like Chanel; and the hard times during the war. I was immediately taken by Doris and her sassiness and spunk and drawn in to the stories about each person in her life who made it in to the red address book. And, oh, that second to last chapter - I had to hold back the tears! Such a wonderful read - 5 stars for sure!

Thank you to Netgalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.