Agneta is )?a+
colorf@ul and funny pe.rson, but it's not obvious on
the surfac.e. # She has just! ` tu$rned 49,! her children hav-
e flown the
 ne\st, her job at the *t!ra,ffic offic e(! is st)$agnant, and Agneta # f_eels  invisi`:ble. He`- r husband, on t_@he oth=#er hand]$, has f^ound meaning in@ l]`:ife by doing= ice[-cold ba!t^h(s and cycling fast in ?expensive-  gear. In a )`crisis attempt to escape  the dull shackl?`es o#\f ever$yday li()fe, Ag@ neta .lea!+@-ves the s]]afe +Swedish life\._ be[hind to work $^as an au p%air for =
-a Swedish, boy in Fran(ce. Howeve_.
r, when the boy, Einar,@[( turn!;+s out to be a/$\n elderly ecce?$ntric demented gentleman, `t $-h`[e` mis$=unders=tanding  /%is a fact #+. This becomes ,;the start of$$% a me s]sy %
, l`!ife-a#;ff--@ir[(ming+[ friendship$) that tu;rns everything Ag+`)neta th= .ought she knew,@`= *-$about +life[` an =+d:_ h[er se,+lf up!!!side down. B?:ecause how doe]*)s on e re,`all/;y liv=e th
(eir one preciou!\s;? l-/ife?