Showing results by author "Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg"

Martha Andersson may be 79 years old and live in a retirement home, but that doesn't mean she's ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond House starts cutting corners to save money, Martha and her four closest friends - The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta (aka the League of Pensioners) - won't stand for it. Fed up with early bedtimes and overcooked veggies, this group of feisty seniors sets about to regain their independence, improve their lot, and stand up for seniors everywhere.

Martha Andersson and her friends are at it again. Having left behind their restrictive senior home in Stockholm, the gang is off to make it big in the bright lights and big money of The Strip. Armed with electric wheelchairs and some well-placed helium balloons, Martha, The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta are ready to take a Vegas casino for all it's worth, cashing in on their new favorite pastime: white-collar crime.

In the third hilarious installment in internationally best-selling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s League of Pensioners series, Martha and the League’s latest escapade has them headed for the French Riviera in what is sure to be the most daring caper of the summer. Martha and her friends are sitting comfortably in Sweden… a little too comfortably. Determined to do more for their fellow pensioners - and jazz things up for themselves - they’re up to their usual antics: bank robberies, money laundering, and figuring out how to disappear in a garbage-truck-cum-getaway-car.

The little old lady is back! This time, Martha Andersson and her friends - the League of Pensioners - have left behind their dreary care home in Stockholm and are enjoying the bright lights of Las Vegas. This is their opportunity for a new lease of life and they plan to make the most of it. But before long, they are up to their old tricks and with ingenious tactics, a pair of false teeth and a wheelchair each, they plot to outwit the security system at one of the casinos.

From Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg, the author of the smash hit The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, comes the third hilarious title in this much-loved series: The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly. Nothing can stop The League of Pensioners, a wily gang of blue-rinsed rebels. They have a plan, and to realize it they are going to need money - lots of money.

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is an incredibly quirky, humorous, and warm-hearted story about growing old disgracefully - and breaking all the rules along the way! 79-year-old Martha Andersson 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 lifestyle. 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.

Året er 1392. Stedet er Stockholm. Den unge enke Anne Persdotter driver med stor succes Handelshuset, hvor hun tidligere var ansat. Samtidig spreder skraekken sig i byen, som Vitaljebrødrene - de berygtede Østersøpirater - kontrollerer. Og de er ude efter Anne og hendes formue. Det lykkes hende at flygte med sin lille datter, og de slår sig ned i Lübeck, hvor hun oprindeligt kom fra. Hun fortsaetter sin virksomhed, men indser snart, at hun og datteren heller ikke er i sikkerhed her.

I 1390 forlader den svenske kvinde Anne Persdotter og hendes mand, den lybske købmand Claus, Lübeck for at slå sig ned i Stockholm. Under sørejsen synker det laekkende Hansa-skib, og Anna mister sin mand og alt, hvad de ejer. Hun bliver reddet af et par rå fiskere, som bringer hende i land i Stockholms skaergård - et par, som hurtigt viser sig at vaere i ledtog med de berygtede Vitalie-brødre. Disse Østersøpirater planlaegger at overtage Stockholm med hjaelp fra tyskerne.

Året er 1395, og i Stockholm kaemper tyskere, danskere og svenskere om magten, mens pirater haerger i Østersøen og på Gotland. Da det tyske Hansa-forbund eksproprierer Anne Persdotters handelsfirma, er hun nødt til at rejse til Bergslagen og begynde helt forfra for at kunne forsørge sig selv og sine børn. Her møder hun den italienske købmand Leonardo, og sammen begiver de sig mod Konstantinopel for at saelge en vaerdifuld last kobber. Det bliver imidlertid en farefuld rejse.

Alles beginnt mit dem Chor in diesem trostlosen Altenheim. Das Singen erinnert Märtha, Snille, Kratze, Stina und Anna-Greta an bessere Tage und daran, dass es im Leben noch so viel zu entdecken gibt. Überall sonst ist es besser als hier, sagen sich die fünf Freunde und schmieden einen verwegenen Plan. Sie werden ein Verbrechen begehen, um ins Gefängnis zu kommen. Denn dass es dort besser sein wird, das weiß doch jeder!