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The international best seller. Sara is 28 and has never been outside Sweden - except in the (many) books she reads. When her elderly penfriend, Amy, invites her to come and visit her in Broken Wheel, Iowa, Sara decides it’s time. But when she arrives, there’s a twist waiting for her - Amy has died. Finding herself utterly alone in a dead woman’s house in the middle of nowhere was not the holiday Sara had in mind. But Sara discovers she is not exactly alone.

It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. After years of exchanging books, letters and thoughts on the meaning of literature and life, Sara, mousy, disheveled, who has never been anywhere in her life--has really lived only for her work in a beloved bookshop, which has just closed its doors for the last time--bravely decides to accept her unknown friend's invitation to visit. But when she arrives, she finds her house empty, the funeral guests just heading home. . .

Eigentlich will die schwedische Buchhändlerin Sara nur ihre 65-jährige Brieffreundin Amy besuchen. Doch als Sara in dem entlegenen Nest in Iowa ankommt, muss sie feststellen, dass Amy gestorben ist. Die skurrile Gruppe der Dorfbewohner nimmt Sara in ihrer Mitte auf. Bald sind sie ihr ans Herz gewachsen, nur ihre Liebe zu Büchern teilen sie nicht. Sara eröffnet kurzerhand eine Buchhandlung und siehe da: Über Umwege werden sogar Nicht-Leser zu Bücherwürmern.

Det hele starter med en brevveksling mellem to meget forskellige kvinder. Den generte bogorm Sara er 28 år og fra Haninge i Sverige, og Amy er 75 og fra Broken Wheel i Iowa, USA. Efter at have skrevet sammen i to år og udvekslet tanker om primært bøger, men også om livet generelt, bestemmer Sara sig for at besøge Amy. Da hun ankommer, er Amy i mellemtiden pludselig død. Sara står nu alene i en lille flække ude i ingenting.