Things My Son Needs To Know About The World is a tender and funny series of letters from a new father to his son about one of lifes most daunting experiences parenthood From the 18 million copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove Anxious People and My Friends You can be whatever you want to be but thats nowhere near as important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are In between the sleepobsessed lows and oxytocinfuelled highs Backman takes a step back to share his own experience of fatherhood and how he navigates such unchartered territory. Part memoir part manual part love letter to his son this book relays the big and the small lessons in life. As he watches his son take his first steps into the world he teaches him how to navigate both love and IKEA and tries to explain why sometimes his dad might hold his hand just a little bit too tightly.