Millie Birdis seven-years-old. On a shopping trip with her mum, Millie is left alone beneath the Ginormous Womens underwear rack in a department store. Her mum never returns.

Agatha Panthais eighty-two and hasnt left home since her husband died. Instead, she fills the silence by yelling at passers-by, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule. Until the day Agatha spies a little girl across the street.

Karl the Touch Typistis eighty-seven and in a nursing home. He remembers how he once typed love letters with his fingers on to his wifes skin. Now widowed, he knows that somehow he must find a way for life to begin again. In a moment of clarity, he escapes.

Together, Millie, Agatha and Karl set out to find Millies mum. And along the way, they will discover thatthe young can be wise, thatold age is not the same as death, and thatbreaking the rulesonce in a while might just be thekey to a happy life.

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Personen: Davis, Brooke

Schlagwörter: Englisch