Breaking Out – with Shrimp Rolls

Open the book and breathe in the North Sea air!

Grandpa Peter in an old people’s home? Just because he put 23 bottles of mustard in the cupboard and his mobile phone in the fridge? Mum’s the one who’s not right in the head! Jonte runs to her best friend Schippo, and Henrik and Ditte are also on board. Together they devise a cunning plan to rescue Grandpa Peter – with a check list for dementia, wedding plans and some terrific living arrangements. But Mum digs in her heels. There’s only one way to solve things now. And that’s a breakout! Jonte already knows where they can go. Fast-paced and inventive, comical yet moving, Silke Schlichtmann tells a story about the hopes and wishes of three generations and treats every member of this lovely family as equals.

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“Silke Schlichtmann’s stories have a real flair for comedy.”
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