![]() Elsa does not understand as Granny is her only friend, but they both love treasure hunts so she agrees. Elsa is to guard the castle, which is how they refer to their home, and to look after their friends. When Granny knows that she is going to die she asks Elsa to complete a mission, a treasure hunt involving the delivery of letters. Elsa loves to read books, especially the Harry Potter series, but Granny’s stories were special because Elsa believed that they were hers. Together they would travel to the six kingdoms in the Land-of-Almost-Awake where they had adventures involving cloud animals, regretters, wurses, snow-angels, dragons, princesses and knights. ![]() When Elsa’s parents divorced it was Granny who showed her how to deal with the nightmares by telling her fairy stories. ![]() She acts outrageously and cares little for what others think of her behaviour. Now she stays at home and is Elsa’s only friend. She used to be a doctor, a surgeon who traveled all around the world saving people’s lives in dangerous places. Her grandmother reminds her that it is only different people who change the world.Įlsa’s grandmother is almost seventy-eight years old and some people say she is mad. ![]() The headmaster at her school tells her that she needs to fall into line in order to achieve a better fit with her peers. ![]() My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises, by Fredrik Backman (translated by Henning Koch), tells the story of Elsa who is almost eight years old and different. ![]()
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