MY GRANDMOTHER SENDS HER REGARDS AND APOLOGISES PB

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A MAN CALLED OVE, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, this novel will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother. A touching, sometimes funny, often wise portrait of grief Kirkus 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 . . .