about the author
maria sveland, born November 26, 1974, is a Swedish journalist and author.
Sveland did her education at the Stockholm University and at the Dramatic Institute's radio line and has made several programs for SR and SVT.
She was awarded in 2003 with the Ikaros Prize for the radio documentary Like a whore.
In 2007 she made her debut fiction book with Bitterfitta (Bitter Bitch), which made her known to a wider audience. The book, which has been likened to a hybrid between a novel, an autobiography and a reportage has been translated to many languages.
katarina wennstam, born August 9, 1973, is a Swedish journalist, author and lecturer.
She previously worked as a crime reporter for Swedish Television, but resigned in 2007 to write and lecture in full time.
The book The Girl and the Debt was nominated for the August Literary Award and she was awarded the Vilhelm Moberg Scholarship and the Swedish Lawyer’s Association Prize for Journalism.
Wennstam has also been awarded with the SVT's equality prize, Prix Egalia, for her work on SVT's Agenda.
In 2007 came Wennstam’s first novel Dirt, a book about trafficking and sex trafficking. The book was highly acclaimed and climbed right up to the first place in the Swedish Book Top.
After that she wrote Dödergök (2008) on the police officers' domestic violence, as well as Alpha Male (2010), dealing with sexual harassment and violence in the film industry.
about Happy, Happy - a diferent book about divorce
by maria sveland & katarina wennstam (Eds)
The image of the romantic, sexual love strikes us daily, and marriage is what’s going to crown the love story.
Till death tear us apart. It has been preached since the eternal eternity - Amen. Does it?A divorce in the twenty-first century should hardly be something shameful, yet many people feel that they’re forced to play the victim’s role, they are not allowed to be happy over their decision.In the very fresh and inspiring anthology Happy, happy - a different book about divorce the reader is offered a different picture of separation than that usually given.
These are stories of divorce as a positive and enriching experience. A book that will strengthen and inspire everyone who took the step - and anyone who might be thinking of taking it...
Original Title | Happy, Happy - en bok om skilsmässa
Publishing Year | 2011
Pages | 169
Available material |
Eng sample translation
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Rights Sold | DEN | FIN
