A must-read for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of
Harold Fry and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go,
BernadetteHeartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, by the
author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon A Man Called
Ove will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother.
Everyone 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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Loved it!
Thu, 2 Feb 2017 | Review
by: Frieda T.
Thank you for reminding me we all need superheroes and fairytales when we're young. And why we need to learn each other's stories to really know them.
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