My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises -Fredrik Backman apologises
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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 …