grandmother sends her regards and apologises

Smart-asses usually can’t, hence the “grown-up for her age” comment, generally said with a strained smile at her parents. Her headmaster says she needs to “fall into line” in order to achieve “a better fit with her peers.” Other adults describe her as “very grown-up for her age.” Elsa knows this is just another way of saying “massively annoying for her age,” because they only tend to say this when she corrects them for mispronouncing “déjà vu” or not being able to tell the difference between “me” and “I” at the end of a sentence. She knows she isn’t especially good at being seven. That’s what Elsa’s granny says, at least.Įlsa is seven, going on eight. That’s just how it is.Īnyone who doesn’t agree needs their head examined. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry 1Įvery seven-year-old deserves a superhero. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. And, in the process, Elsa can have some breath-taking adventures of her own. As Christmas draws near, even the best superhero grandmothers may have one or two things they'd like to apologise for. Because, as Elsa is starting to learn, heroes and villains don't always exist in imaginary kingdoms they could live just down the hallway. And granny's stories, of knights and princesses and dragons and castles, are her superpower. Some might call Elsa's granny 'eccentric', or even 'crazy'. 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. Everyone remembers the stories their grandmother told them. Everyone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. A must-read for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, the new novel by the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon A Man Called Ove will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother.

Grandmother sends her regards and apologises