'Agnes Borrowdale, seventy-five years old a week on Tuesday, hoisted herself onto the window sill and perched astride it, gripping the wooden frame.' After her escape from the old people's home where she has been placed by her son, Jack, and his new partner, Monica, Agnes's quest to find her grandchildren develops in ways she could never have predicted. Among the new friends she makes on her journey are: Joe, the helpful lorry driver; Molly, the garrulous proprietor of a small, run-down hotel; Gazza, the student whose sprained ankle may have serious consequences for Agnes; and Felix, the retired barrister's clerk, whom Agnes pulls back from attempted suicide. Hoping to rekindle his desire to live, she invents the Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society, but soon fears that this falsehood, having acquired a momentum of its own, will end in tragedy. Meanwhile, Jack, frantically trying to trace his missing mother, spends a night in a police cell on a drunk-driving charge, while an over-zealous young policeman begins to suspect him of a more serious crime.
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Learn more. |
Book Description
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Review
"Delightful, and surprisingly original." -- Sara Maitland
'Brilliantly inventive,piercingly accurate about our daily lives while very funny indeed.' -- Jonathan Davidson, The Orange Birmingham Book Festival
A funny and poignant story about life beginning at seventy five! Great stuff for anyone planning to grow old disgracefully! -- The Pitshanger Bookshop, London
A terrific adventure with a most unusual heroine who will steal your heart. -- The Nottingham Evening Post
Brilliantly inventive,piercingly accurate about our daily lives while very funny indeed. -- Jonathan Davidson, The Orange Birmingham Book Festival
Delightful, enormous fun and surprisingly original -- Sara Maitland, The Literary Consultancy
'Brilliantly inventive,piercingly accurate about our daily lives while very funny indeed.' -- Jonathan Davidson, The Orange Birmingham Book Festival
A funny and poignant story about life beginning at seventy five! Great stuff for anyone planning to grow old disgracefully! -- The Pitshanger Bookshop, London
A terrific adventure with a most unusual heroine who will steal your heart. -- The Nottingham Evening Post
Brilliantly inventive,piercingly accurate about our daily lives while very funny indeed. -- Jonathan Davidson, The Orange Birmingham Book Festival
Delightful, enormous fun and surprisingly original -- Sara Maitland, The Literary Consultancy
From the Publisher
Transita books reflect the lives of mature women. Contemporary women with rich stories to tell, stories that explore the truths and desires that colour their lives.
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Sue K
Format:Paperback
I took Dangerous Sports on holiday. It came back to UK with me well thumbed and embelished with splodges of wine and suncream after 3 in our party read it in the space of a few days. We all found it an excellent read. It was fun to follow the adventures and transformation of Agnes from a depressed, rather repressed, trapped 75 year old to a very whacky, vibrant, physically, emotionally and socially adventurous woman, capable of so much. The plot motors along at a good lick, fuelled by a fair number of implausible cooincidences, but somehow that doesn't seem to matter. I recognised many aspects (not all them of them so attractive!) of myself in most of the characters Agnes encounters en route. I live in Sutton Coldfield so also enjoyed the recognition of familiar places ...in fact I am sure I live right next door to Dianne Lockett, Lucy's mother!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Norma
Format:Paperback
What a super read this was. I really enjoyed all the characters, you could relate to them all along the way and it gives you hope for staying young and enjoying life to the full even as you get older. In fact I think its since I've read the book that I really would like to retire now to have time to undertake all these 'dangerous' sports that we don't have time for whilst we are working.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mungo
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Absolutely brilliant. I really could not put it down. Totally rivetting and a lovely read. One reviewer complained about the co-incidences. I can tell you that they do happen in real life. Christine's characters & co-incidences are totally believeable. For me the story was a lovely reminder of what can happen and how life can unfold in remarkable ways -- IF you have time to let it happen.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Enid Blyton for grownups
If you like lots of sugar in your literary tea, then this is for you. Predictable, formulaic, undemanding, sentimental - dressed up as quirky and different. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bobbie
5.0 out of 5 stars
I only put this book down only long enough to make coffee and a...
I have read thousands of books in my life, and have read few that transfix me. I started reading The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society on a Sunday morning, had to have a break... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sophie
5.0 out of 5 stars
A cracking good read
What a fun read this turned out to be! I found the characters witty and loveable and the plot moved along at a good pace. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2010 by jan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just because of Clarissa Dickson Wright's 'Spilling the Beans'
Picked this one up randomly as Clarissa Dickson Wright (who I really rate!) has referred to it in her autobio Spilling the Beans that proved to be really thrilling tube reading. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2007 by Samphire 75
3.0 out of 5 stars
Escaping Granny!
Unusual story line; for this latest Tranista publication that I have read and enjoyed.
Agnes the 75 year old heroine is far from ready for the Old Peoples Home that she has... Read more
Agnes the 75 year old heroine is far from ready for the Old Peoples Home that she has... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2007 by LindyLouMac
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society
What a super book, Only put down once I started it because various life events made me! The characters were written and developed with a sense of realness to them. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by Anglers Rest
5.0 out of 5 stars
Antics of the old!
You have to love the heroine of this book Agnes....I so wish I have her zest for life and adventure when I get to her age. Read more
Published on 27 April 2007 by DE Will
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow! A real page-turner!
I started this book one lazy Saturday morning - and didn't stop until I'd finished it - something I rarely do! Read more
Published on 2 April 2007 by Molyneux
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy this wonderful, thought-provoking book
Firstly, if you haven't already bought this book I highly recommend you buy it (and buy a copy for Mother's Day!). Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by Mallary
3.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging, witty and lots of fun
Reading The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society is a rare treat. It is a joyous celebration of the ageing process as a liberating experience, with a cast of engaging, eclectic and... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2007 by Rivercassini
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
