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An optimistic account of how the Nordic countries can teach us to live easier, healthier, happier lives: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

About the Author

Anu Partanen is a Finnish journalist and visiting reporter at Stanford University. She regularly features on the BBC World Service, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune and Helsingin Sanomat. She has debated current affairs on the Finnish television show Pressiklubi.

Reviews

'Partanen is a careful, judicious writer' New York Times

'A passionate and intelligent argument' Publishers Weekly

'An earnest, well-written work worth heeding' Kirkus

'An engaging fusion of reportage and memoir' O, the Oprah Magazine

'A book you desperately need to add to your to-read pile' Gizmodo

'Partanen’s sensible book should be required reading' Foreign Affairs

'A must-read' New York Post