An utterly unqualified "do not pass go" recommendation. I read a previous Fredrik Backman book (Anxious People) a couple of years ago, and I don't know why I didn't just go out and buy his complete works there and then. I shall,  following this review, do just that. 

This was _wonderful_. Unbearably moving indeed. 

Laughing,  bawling, often on the same page. It's unexpected and charming, curmudgeonly, tender and  life affirming. Love,  loss and second chances. 

Pick this one up in a heartbeat.