The Little Old Lady Strikes Back

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What to expect

Martha and the infamous League of Pensioners are back in The Little Old Lady Strikes Back, from the author of the smash-hit The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules.

After stealing some priceless Russian jewels from the Stockholm Auction House, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place.

But to do so, the village needs money. In steps the League of Pensioners to arrange events to attract paying tourists. Which all turns out to be a rather delicate – and dramatic – balancing act when you are wanted by the police. Even when the school is about to be closed, they step up to put on classes in technology, seamanship and entrepreneurship so that the students can start companies and create new jobs and hopefully a future.

Having donned the mantle of guerrilla fighters come to save Sweden’s countryside from depopulation, will they be able to help the villagers get the attention of the politicians to save the village without being caught?

Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s socially engaged, riotous comedy is perfect for fans of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Series and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Translated by Rod Bradbury.

Critics Review

  • Gently humorous and pleasantly daft

    Guardian

  • A good-natured, humorous crime caper

    Independent on Sunday

  • A complete hoot

    Saga Magazine

  • This laugh-out-loud international bestseller will have you chuckling one minute and crying the next

    The Lady

  • A quirky, offbeat delight and a heart-warming reminder that one is never too old for some mischief and adventure

    Tom Winter, author of Lost & Found

  • A shining expression of how joyous life is. It is not dangerous to grow old if you are like Märtha and the gang

    Hyllan, blogg

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