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Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules |
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English |
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Paperback |
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464 |
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2014-01-02 |
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1447250613 |
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0.66 pounds |
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1.1 x 5.12 x 7.76 inches |
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Main Market |
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1 Becky (United Kingdom) |
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1 Adina (Canada) |
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Product Description
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is an incredibly quirky, humorous and warm-hearted story about growing old disgracefully - and breaking all the rules along the way! 79-year-old Martha Andersson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank.She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting lifestyle. Along with her four oldest friends - otherwise known as the League of Pensioners - Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause uproar with their antics protesting against early bedtimes and plasticky meals.As the elderly friends become more daring, they hatch a cunning plan to break out of the dreary care home and land themselves in a far more attractive Stockholm establishment., With the aid of their Zimmer frames, they resolve to stand up for old aged pensioners everywhere - Robin Hood style. And that's when the adventure really takes off . ., .Perfect for fans of The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.Translated by Rod Bradbury.
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Marianne (Australia) (2014/12/23):
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules is the first book in the Senior League series by Swedish author, Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg. As the director and his nurse begin to cut corners to cut costs at the Diamond House aged care facility in Stockholm, the residents are increasingly dissatisfied. Martha Andersson sees a program on conditions in prisons and is soon planning with her four friends in the Vocal Chord choir, Christina, Anna-Greta, Brains (Oscar) and Rake (Bertil) to change their lives. They intend to carry out victimless(??) crimes aided by ingenuity and Zimmer frames.This translated novel is somewhat amusing, but rather slow-moving and is padded with unimportant details (and therefore far too long); the plot so far-fetched, it is not even vaguely believable. The main characters are all in their late seventies, quirky, but resourceful: soon they are partaking in jewellery theft, art theft, security van theft, ransom demands, and eventually, some prison time. The police and the Serbian Mafia look like idiots as they tangle with the League of Pensioners. The translation by Rod Bradbury is almost flawless (plumply is NOT an adjective), but if you thought Jonasson’s Hundred Year Old Man was only OK, don’t bother with this one, it’s not as good. Not as funny as it sounds.
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