![]() He then describes how, in the optimistic period following the war, Lindgren conceived of the independent, fair-minded Pippi (“Is it possible to imagine a greater contrast with the sinister Nazis?” Andersen asks). He follows her through her work (what she called “my dirty job”) censoring overseas mail for the neutral Swedish government during WWII. ![]() The author describes how in 1926, Lindgren, then 19, unmarried, and pregnant with her first child, traveled to Copenhagen to give birth in secret and avoid social stigma. In the process, Andersen tracks Sweden’s transformation from a conservative, hierarchical society into a more open, inclusive one. Andersen’s lively biography, the first of Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) to appear in English, reveals the Pippi Longstocking creator to be a Pippi-like force to be reckoned with: a loving mother, gifted writer, marketing genius, and influential editor. ![]()
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