EAN: 9780300226102

ASTRID LINDGREN - JENS ANDERSEN CAROLINE WAIGHT...

The first English-language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing
portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose adventures of Pippi Longstocking have
influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Lindgren's sometimes turbulent life
as an unwed teenage mother  outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children  and
celebrated editor and author is chronicled in fascinating detail by Jens Andersen  one of
Denmark's most popular biographers. Based on extensive research and access to primary sources
and letters  this highly readable account describes Lindgren's battles with depression and her
personal struggles through war  poverty  motherhood  and fame. Andersen examines the writer's
oeuvre as well to uncover the secrets to the books' universal appeal and why they have
resonated so strongly with young readers for more than seventy years.

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