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Rune
Anita is Rune's husband and lives two houses down from Ove. She and Rune moved into the neighborhood at the same time that Ove and Sonja did, and she and Sonja became quick friends. Anita and Rune had one son, though they did want to have more children. When the story takes place, Anita has spent the past two years fighting the city council to keep Rune, who is struggling with Alzheimer’s, from being put into assisted living. Ove describes her as tiny and ashy and certainly not up to the task of caring for her husband by herself.
Anita Quotes in A Man Called Ove
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Chapter 28
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After the accident Ove bought a Saab 95 so he'd have space for Sonja's wheelchair. That same year Rune bought a Volvo 245 to have space for a stroller. Three years later Sonja got a more modern wheelchair and Ove bought a hatchback, a Saab 900. Rune bought a Volvo 265 because Anita had started talking about having another child.
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Chapter 33
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He thinks about how Sonja would have taken it if she'd found out. If she'd known that her best friend had not asked for her help because Sonja had "enough problems." She would have been heartbroken.
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Anita Quotes in A Man Called Ove
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Chapter 28
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After the accident Ove bought a Saab 95 so he'd have space for Sonja's wheelchair. That same year Rune bought a Volvo 245 to have space for a stroller. Three years later Sonja got a more modern wheelchair and Ove bought a hatchback, a Saab 900. Rune bought a Volvo 265 because Anita had started talking about having another child.
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Chapter 33
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He thinks about how Sonja would have taken it if she'd found out. If she'd known that her best friend had not asked for her help because Sonja had "enough problems." She would have been heartbroken.
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