The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
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Narrated by:
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Patience Tomlinson
About this listen
79-year-old Martha Anderson, with the aid of her Zimmer frame, is robbing a bank. She’s not past it yet and intends to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style. Except all the cashier can see is a little old lady. So Martha is bundled into a cab and sent back to her atrocious care home.
But Martha and her four old friends – otherwise known as the League of Pensioners – are tired of all the rules imposed upon them and decide to rebel. They cause uproar at the home with their antics, protesting against early bedtimes and plastic meals. Then, as the elderly friends become more daring their activities escalate and they come up with a cunning plan to break out of the care home and land themselves in a far more attractive Stockholm establishment. They resolve to stand up for old aged pensioners everywhere, Robin Hood style by stealing from the young to give to the old. And that’s when the adventure really takes off . . .
Already an international bestseller, The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is an incredibly quirky, humorous and warm-hearted story about growing old disgracefully - and breaking all the rules along the way!
Translated by Rod Bradbury.
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What made the experience of listening to The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules the most enjoyable?
It was the easy to follow characters and the unexpected antics they get up to. Quite a few humorous moments.A fun, easy listener
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Not too bad a listen
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Enjoyable but really wanted it to end
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Would you listen to The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules again? Why?
I rarely listen to a book more than once but this one is so funny and entertaining that I might do :-)What other book might you compare The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules to, and why?
The style and the humor in the book reminds me of John Irving's stories. It was wonderful.What about Patience Tomlinson’s performance did you like?
Patience has a wonderful voice and she did a splendid job of making each character stand out and become alive.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I love every bit of the book. I work with the elderly myself and I bemused recognize the type of care for the elderly which is described in this book.Even though the book is very funny it also brings out the, not to be envied, everyday life of many people in retirement homes. Our society goes too far in cutting costs of caring for the elderly. The mention in the book that prisoners have more privileges than old people in retirement homes, as crazy as it may sound, rings sadly true.
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I would have given this book six stars if possible. I was entertained the whole way through and the book has provided food for thought !Magnificent
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If you want to have a good chuckle in this mad world, then this is the book to listen to.
Looking out for the next book from Catharina Ingleman-Sunberg.!!
Fantastic Book
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