{"id":1092,"date":"2026-08-16T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?post_type=myreads&#038;p=1092"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:10:10","slug":"my-friends","status":"publish","type":"myreads","link":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?myreads=my-friends","title":{"rendered":"My Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e15afb30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n._df_thumb {\n    width: 305px;\n    display: block;\n    margin-left: auto !important;\n    margin-right: auto !important;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {\n    ._df_thumb {\n        width: 100%;\n        display: block;\n        margin-left: auto !important;\n        margin-right: auto !important;\n    }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"_df_thumb \" id=\"df_567\"  _slug=\"my-friends\" data-title=\"my-friends\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/217163697-scaled.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" >My Friends<\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_567 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"backgroundImage\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/63a9be9945e295b9341dc00d13406b76.jpg\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Preview-My-Friends-by-Fredrik-Backman.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0\">Click to read sample \ud83d\udcd6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fca99130 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h1 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-custom-color-3-color has-xx-large-font-size has-evans-font-family\">My Friends<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Fredrik Backman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82c4478a wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"min-height:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of\u00a0<em>Anxious People<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>A Man Called Ove<\/em>. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger\u2019s life twenty-five years later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-5 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-470551b9 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" open><summary><em>You have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and water balloons and another person\u2019s breath against your neck. That\u2019s the only courageous thing a person can do.<\/em><\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don\u2019t even notice them. Most people think it\u2019s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise.<br><br>Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together. They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. 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