My grandmother sends her regards and apologises

Backman, Fredrik 1981- (author.). Koch, Henning, (translator.).

Summary: 'Granny has been telling fairy tales for as long as Elsa can remember. In the beginning they were only to make Elsa go to sleep, and to get her to practise granny's secret language, and a little because granny is just about as nutty as a granny should be. But lately the stories have another dimension as well. Something Elsa can't quite put her finger on...' Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy. Standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus-crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa runs to her grandmother's stories, to the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas. There, everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. So when Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has hurt, it marks the beginning of Elsa's greatest adventure.

Record details

ISBN: 9781444775846
ISBN: 9781444775839
Physical Description: 342 pages ; 22 cm
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Publisher: London : Sceptre, [2015]
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Content descriptions

General Note:	Also published as: My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry. New York : Atria Books, 2015.
Language Note:	Translated from the Swedish.