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Escape from Sunset Grove

Rights sold:

WORLD ENGLISH: HarperCollins

CROATIA: Planetopia
ESTONIA: Rahva Raamat
FINLAND: Gummerus
FRANCE: Editions Leduc.s

Original title: Ehtoolehdon pakolaiset

Author: Minna Lindgren

Illustrator: Minna Lindgren

Published: 2014

Publisher: Teos

Class/genre: Literary

Pages: 256

Part of a series: Sunset Grove trilogy

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Sunset Grove retirement home turns into a kind of hell when it is taken over by foreign construction workers cursing fluently in Finnish. The noise is deafening, a hole appears in the wall, things disappear and residents have to use a portable toilet.

Residents Siiri, Irma and Anna-Liisa, all older than 90, decide to move into a shared apartment in the exotic neighbourhood of Hakaniemi. All three have their own habits and quirks, and life together isn’t entirely free of friction. The women also learn about the sad differences in quality with at-home assistance, and are forced to become familiar with terminal care and questions surrounding euthanasia.

Our heroes also can’t help looking into the suspicious plumbing project at Sunset Grove. As the mystery unfolds, they begin to find out that few people in this world have a fully clean record.

RIGHTS SOLD

Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
CZECH REPUBLIC, Albatros Media
DENMARK, Jensen & Dalgaard
ESTONIA, Varrak
GERMANY, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
FRANCE, Calmann-Lévy
ITALY, Marsilio
SLOVAKIA, Albatros Media
SPAIN, Penguin Random House
SWEDEN, Norstedts
WORLD ENGLISH, Pan Macmillan

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“Lindgren is a virtuoso with language. She pokes fun at today’s speech that is often clichéd and void of substance.”
– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Finland

“The smart storytelling steals the reader away…[the book] is full of apt criticism of the world in which we live and its crooked values. It proves again that the elderly aren’t a uniform mass but a group of individuals, of whom each one carries a unique sum of experiences and memories.”
-Savon sanomat newspaper, Finland

“Oh, how I enjoyed this. I enjoyed Escape from Sunset Grove at least as much as Death in Sunset Grove. The leading characters are so funny and sympathetic that I couldn’t help but hope that one of them were my grandmother.”
-Lukutoukan kulttuuriblogi (Bookworm’s culture blog), Finland

“The word satire can’t and shouldn’t be avoided with Sunset Grove. It bites sharply into our entire health care system and elderly care…in spite of its tough critical elements, [Death in Sunset Grove] is an upbeat and refreshing book.”
-Kamppi-Eira newspaper, Finland

Minna Lindgren


Minna Lindgren (b. 1963) is a freelance journalist and columnist known for her whimsical writing style and fearless approach to topics as strange as opera and death. In addition to novels, she has authored nonfiction books on classical music. In 2009 Lindgren won the Bonnier Journalism Prize for her article entitled “Father’s Death” (“Isän kuolema”).

Lindgren is best known for the Sunset Grove Trilogy, which has been sold to 11 territories, and the final part The End of Sunset Grow was nominated for the International Dublin Literature Award in 2019. She has also written three standalones: Angry Widow (2018), A Far Far Love (2019) and Hope Never Dies (2020).

Minna Lindgren’s books have been critical and commercial successes, in Finland and internationally.

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Bibliography


Minna Lindgren

The End of Sunset Grove

2015, Literary


Minna Lindgren

Death in Sunset Grove

2013, Literary


Minna Lindgren

The Angry Widow

2018, Literary


Minna Lindgren

A Far, Far Love

2019, Literary


Minna Lindgren

Hope Never Dies

2020, Literary

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