Ali
relationship
- Ali’s father moves frequently.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraph 2 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
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My Friends
Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · 2025
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About this book
C. Jat
role
- The artist who created the painting is terminally ill when he meets Louisa.My Friends (Backman novel) · Synopsis, paragraph 2 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Sign in to report this detail
Fish
relationship
- Fish and Louisa met in a group foster home and became close friends.My Friends, Chapter One excerpt · Chapter One, page 6, Fish and Louisa’s recollections · Better Reading / Simon & Schuster · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
appearance
- Fish has a heart tattoo on her upper arm, drawn by Louisa.My Friends, Chapter One excerpt · Chapter One, page 6, Fish and Louisa’s recollections · Better Reading / Simon & Schuster · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
Joar
personality
- Joar is described as unwilling to back down from a fight.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraph 2 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
Louisa
role
- Louisa is a teenage artist attending an art auction.My Friends excerpt · Excerpt, page 1, Louisa enters the auction · BookBrowse, excerpted by permission of Atria Books · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
clothing
- At the auction, Louisa wears a white dress shirt.My Friends excerpt · Excerpt, page 1, Louisa enters the auction crowd · BookBrowse, excerpted by permission of Atria Books · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
appearance
- Louisa has a tattoo on her lower arm depicting a one-armed man in a tree.My Friends, Chapter One excerpt · Chapter One, page 6, Fish and Louisa’s recollections · Better Reading / Simon & Schuster · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
age
- Louisa is eighteen when the painting comes into her care.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraphs 1–3 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
Ted
personality
- Ted is quiet, enjoys books, and mourns his father.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraph 2 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
role
- A childhood friend of the artist, Ted is one of the figures in the painting.My Friends (Backman novel) · Synopsis, paragraph 2 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Sign in to report this detail
The pier
look
- The friends spend time on a pier in a seaside town.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraphs 1–2 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
Details
- The story links a summer in a seaside town with Louisa’s journey twenty-five years later.Staff Picks: My Friends · My Friends, paragraphs 1–3 · Graves County Public Library · License unspecifiedSign in to report this detail
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