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Mia Kankimäki’s The Women I Think About at Night was sold to Gursli Berg Forlag in Norway, making it the 10th foreign sales for this bestselling narrative nonfiction! The’ nightwomen’ will inspire readers all over Europe, North America and Asia!
The Norwegian publisher was thrilled about the book:
“I think this is exactly what we need; an author like Mia Kankimäki who travels and explores and writes about brave and inspiring women in history. About women we can consult when we lack belief in ourselves and when we need guidance, when we don’t know whom to ask, when we find that our own parents, sisters or best friends cannot inspire us to raise our head and look further. Beautifully written and clever.”
– Gunhild Gursli-Berg, Owner/Publisher, Gursli Berg, Norway
Our new English sample now covers almost the whole book. Click here to request the reading materials.
About the book:
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls meets Eat Pray Love. An exciting and passionate non-fiction book about some of the bravest and most inspiring women throughout history, such as Karen Blixen, Yayoi Kusama, Isabella Bird. Over 18 000 copies have been printed in Finland, and it has received an Honorary Non-Fiction Award by Lauri Jäntti Foundation
”Kankimäki doesn’t pursue eternal happiness or positivity. The book is more about conquering your own fears if – and especially when – they are standing between you and your dreams.”
– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
”The Women I Think About at Night is both fiction and nonfiction. Crossing the distance between those two is a journey that calls for good preparation and great caution. Kankimäki does it victoriously.”
– Lauri Jäntti Award Jury
About the author:
Mia Kankimäki has worked as an editor and copywriter. Her first book, Things That Make One’s Heart Beat Faster, a book that took her to Kyoto in search of Sei Shonagon, a Japanese noblewoman and writer who lived a thousand years ago. The book received, among others, the 2015 HelMet Award annually given by Helsinki libraries to ‘a future classic’.
Rights sold:
FINLAND:
Otava (orig.)
CHINA:
Winshare Publishing
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Albatros Media/Motto
ESTONIA:
Varrak
GERMANY:
btb Verlag/RandomHouse
LATVIA:
Zvaigzne
LITHUANIA:
Gelmes Publishing
NETHERLANDS:
Uitgeverij Orlando
NORWAY:
Gursli Berg Forlag
RUSSIA:
Eksmo Publishing
UNITED STATES:
Simon & Schuster
