I have also lived!

We know Astrid Lindgren as a cheerful woman. She wrote books that made generations of children happy. But who was the person behind Pippi Longstocking, Michel from Lönneberga, and Ronja the Robber's Daughter? In 1953, Lindgren embarked on an unprecedented global career. During a visit to Berlin, she met the German Louise Hartung, about a year after Lindgren had suddenly lost her husband. From this encounter, a very special friendship developed. Hartung understood like few others the "little melancholy" that sometimes overcame Lindgren and the deep longing for peace that she often felt in light of her busy schedule. Over eleven years, the two extraordinary women shared joy and sorrow, supporting each other in over 600 letters that read like a novel. In the letters of the friends, the world-renowned author...