Everyone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. Everyone remembers the stories their grandmother told them. 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. Some might call Elsa's granny 'eccentric', or even 'crazy'. Elsa calls her a superhero. And granny's stories, of knights and princesses and dragons and castles, are her superpower. Because, as Elsa is starting to learn, heroes and villains don't always exist in imaginary kingdoms; they could live just down the hallway. As Christmas draws near, even the best superhero grandmothers may have one or two things they'd like to apologise for. And, in the process, Elsa can have some breath-taking adventures of her own.
A Man Called Ove was a pleasure to read, easy, funny and sad at the same time and I expected the same with My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises, witch to some extend is true, but I experienced a little less of everything. Still a nice read though.
“Because not all monsters were monsters in the beginning. Some are monsters born of sorrow.”
“Having a grandmother is like having an army. This is a grandchild’s ultimate privilege: knowing that someone is on your side, always, whatever the details.”
“Elsa decides that even if people she likes have been shits on earlier occasions, she has to learn to carry on liking them. You’d quickly run out of people if you had to disqualify all those who at some point have been shits.”
“I want someone to remember I existed. I want someone to know I was here.”
On my nails is an old Colour & Go from Essence, with a name Red-y-to go. It a shimmery red, the application is all right, even if it's an old polish. In this case I applied two coats over Catrice's base coat Peel Off, and in this case the staying power is even lower than usual, that means not even a day, but the peel off system is so nice, I wasn't bothered too much with such a misère staying power.
Have a nice day!
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