What would Pippi do?

I was addicted to Pippi Longstocking books as a child. She was my free spirit animal. I couldn’t check Pippi books out of the library fast enough.

I had no idea that Astrid Lindgren, the author of this and many other marvelous children’s books, had such a difficult start to her adult life.

I recently caught the Swedish documentary, Being Astrid and was swept away by the injustice young Astrid endured…