The little old lady who broke all the rules / Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg ; translated from the Swedish by Rod Bradbury.
Language: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: London : Pan Books, 2014, c2013.Description: 454 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781447250999 (paperback)
- 9781447250616 (paperback)
- 1447250613 (paperback)
- 839.738 23
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | ING | Available | 057157 |
Translated from the Swedish.
79-year-old Martha Anderson 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 life-style. 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 an uproar with their antics: protesting against early bedtimes and plastic meals. As the elderly friends become more daring, their activities escalate and they come up with a cunning plan to break out of the 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--