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My grandmother sends her regards & apologises

Backman, FredrikKoch, Henning(Translated by)
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FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A MAN CALLED OVE, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKSHeartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, this novel will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother. 'A touching, sometimes funny, often wise portrait of grief' KirkusEveryone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. Everyone remembers the stories their grandmother told them. But does everyone remember their grandmother flirting with policemen?

Driving illegally?Breaking into a zoo in the middle of the night?

Firing a paintball gun from a balcony in her dressing gown?Seven-year-old Elsa does. Some might call Elsa's granny 'eccentric', or even 'crazy'.

Elsa calls her a superhero. And granny's stories, of knights and princesses and dragons and castles, are her superpower. Because, as Elsa is starting to learn, heroes and villains don't always exist in imaginary kingdoms; they could live just down the hallway. As Christmas draws near, even the best superhero grandmothers may have one or two things they'd like to apologise for. And, in the process, Elsa can have some breath-taking adventures of her own . . .

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Sceptre
1444775855 / 9781444775853
Paperback / softback
839.738
07/04/2016
United Kingdom
English
General
342 pages
20 cm
Reprint. This translation originally published: 2015.