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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
Before I knew that I would be unable to attend this month's book club, I checked out this book from the library. Then when I was returning another, overdue book, the librarian renewed this book for me. After all that, I felt kind of obligated to read it!
While there were some amusing and realistic parts about old age ("Old People Are Capable"), I found The Little Old Lady... pretty silly. I didn't find it particularly well-written, perhaps due to translation from the original Swedish? There was a lot going on: the group of five elderly choir members from the retirement home, each with their own story ; the director of the retirement home and Nurse Barbara; the police investigators; the college student hotel maid; fellow prisoners, including Juro of the Yugoslav mafia.
After reading some non-fiction recently, I was looking for a lighter book. The Little Old Lady was certainly lighter, but, for me, not very enjoyable.
Although the book was originally written in 2012, I found this paragraph amusing and prescient. "Abroad they have more respect for the elderly. In some places you can be president after you're seventy." (261)
While there were some amusing and realistic parts about old age ("Old People Are Capable"), I found The Little Old Lady... pretty silly. I didn't find it particularly well-written, perhaps due to translation from the original Swedish? There was a lot going on: the group of five elderly choir members from the retirement home, each with their own story ; the director of the retirement home and Nurse Barbara; the police investigators; the college student hotel maid; fellow prisoners, including Juro of the Yugoslav mafia.
After reading some non-fiction recently, I was looking for a lighter book. The Little Old Lady was certainly lighter, but, for me, not very enjoyable.
Although the book was originally written in 2012, I found this paragraph amusing and prescient. "Abroad they have more respect for the elderly. In some places you can be president after you're seventy." (261)