My Review for The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules was my August read for #NeglectedFaithfulsReadingChallenge and a book that's been sitting on my shelf for a while. I think it originally came from a charity shop a few years ago. 📚
Anyway, I enjoyed it, even though it's kind of a cosy mystery, which really isn't my thing at all. 🔍 I laughed at the antics of the four elderly characters as they attempted to find a better way of life than the care home in which they currently reside. 👵👴😂 I'm not sure they went about it in quite the right way, though — I mean, robbery, blackmail, extortion and deception never really got anyone anywhere! 😂🙈
If you treat this book as the humorous, comedic and fun mystery that I think it's meant to be, then you'll enjoy it. It's a lighthearted and entertaining read, so don't go expecting high-stakes thrills and suspense. 😄📖 Instead, sit back, have a giggle and enjoy the antics! 🍷😂💕
About the Book
79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style. Along with her four oldest friends - otherwise known as the League of Pensioners - Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause an uproar with their antics: protesting against early bedtimes and plastic meals. 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. With the aid of their Zimmer frames, they resolve to stand up for old aged pensioners everywhere - Robin Hood style. And that's when the adventure really takes off .
About Catharina
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg has been writing for many years. She started her career as a marine archeologist and spent fifteen years investigating the bottom of oceans all over the world. In 1999 Catharina was awarded the Lars Widding "Author of the Year" award for her historical novels. After several years of writing historical novels, and whilst working as a full-time journalist, she got her international breakthrough. Her first book in the humorous series about The League of Pensioners. In 2012, The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules was published and hit the bestseller charts in several countries including the United Kingdom, South Korea,France, Italy and Sweden. The books about The League of Pensioners have been translated into 29 languages and sold in over 40 countries.
In 2015 Catharina was awarded the Italian literature prize Premio Roma for The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules (La banda degli insoliti ottantenni). In 2018, the humorous novel Krutgummor på Krigsstigen was published in Sweden and hit the bestseller chart. In 2020, Goda rån är dyra, the fourth title in The League of Pensioners series, was published. The book is sold in Sweden and was published in Poland, South Korea, and the United Kingdom (by Pan Macmillan) in October 2023. The fifth and last book in the series entitled Det rånar sig nog was published in September 2022 and was nominated to FeelGood book of 2023.
Landet som försvann (The Land that Vanished) was published in September 2024. It is the first of a series of historical novels based on the latest research findings about Doggerland, a Stone Age culture found in the sea at the Dogger's Banks in the North Sea.
79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style. Along with her four oldest friends - otherwise known as the League of Pensioners - Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them. Together, they cause an uproar with their antics: protesting against early bedtimes and plastic meals. 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. With the aid of their Zimmer frames, they resolve to stand up for old aged pensioners everywhere - Robin Hood style. And that's when the adventure really takes off .
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg has been writing for many years. She started her career as a marine archeologist and spent fifteen years investigating the bottom of oceans all over the world. In 1999 Catharina was awarded the Lars Widding "Author of the Year" award for her historical novels. After several years of writing historical novels, and whilst working as a full-time journalist, she got her international breakthrough. Her first book in the humorous series about The League of Pensioners. In 2012, The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules was published and hit the bestseller charts in several countries including the United Kingdom, South Korea,France, Italy and Sweden. The books about The League of Pensioners have been translated into 29 languages and sold in over 40 countries.
In 2015 Catharina was awarded the Italian literature prize Premio Roma for The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules (La banda degli insoliti ottantenni). In 2018, the humorous novel Krutgummor på Krigsstigen was published in Sweden and hit the bestseller chart. In 2020, Goda rån är dyra, the fourth title in The League of Pensioners series, was published. The book is sold in Sweden and was published in Poland, South Korea, and the United Kingdom (by Pan Macmillan) in October 2023. The fifth and last book in the series entitled Det rånar sig nog was published in September 2022 and was nominated to FeelGood book of 2023.
Landet som försvann (The Land that Vanished) was published in September 2024. It is the first of a series of historical novels based on the latest research findings about Doggerland, a Stone Age culture found in the sea at the Dogger's Banks in the North Sea.
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