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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules (League of Pensioners, Bk 1)
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules - League of Pensioners, Bk 1 Author:Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg, Rod Bradbury (Translator) The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is a quirky, humorous and heart-warming story about growing old disgracefully -- and breaking all the rules along the way! — Seventy-nine-year-old Martha Andersson dreams of escaping the dull, drab life of the retirement home. With no intention of spending the rest of her days confined to an... more » armchair, she enlists her four oldest friends -- a.k.a. the League of Pensioners -- to rebel against the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause an uproar with their antics: protesting against early bedtimes, tasteless meals, and a host of unfair cost-cutting measures. As the elderly friends become more daring, their activities escalate, and they devise a cunning plan to rob a bank in order to fund their exciting new lives. Determined to stand up for senior citizens everywhere -- and not to be slowed down by their walkers -- they outrun both the law and the lawless on their way to wealth and infamy.« less
Couldn't get into this, it should have been a fun story. Not sure what is lacking. Maybe the fact that's it a translation is the issue, the dialogue seems stitled much of the time.