Literary Fiction · Free kit
My Friends
Most people look at the world's most famous seascape and see water. Eighteen-year-old Louisa looks closer and finds three tiny figures at the end of a pier — then spends a train ride learning how those friends, twenty-five years earlier, turned one brutal harbor-town summer into a painting that outlived them. Backman's novel is about found family, art that refuses to stay a landscape, and the people who call you one of us before you believe it.
“If you've had people who can make you laugh like that, you never forget it. If not, words are pointless.”
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My Friends Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Pier and postcard sticker sheet
Die-cut stickers inspired by a long pier, tiny figures, spray-paint skulls, and a well-traveled postcard — for journals or meeting favors.
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Favorite quote cards
Blank cards for the line that stayed: the laugh on the pier, "one of us," or whatever your group actually underlined.
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Character superlatives ballot
Vote Joar vs. Ted vs. Louisa in categories that will start arguments, then tally out loud.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the kit's hook, the keep-or-sell question, and meeting details.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes for the dual timeline, the cast, the ending's hope, and tear count.
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