I feel very proud today because our family duo has finally managed to achieve perfect gender equality. Hanko Bratt loaded and unloaded three dishwashers, I did three laundry rounds, we ate the same amount of chocolate, sat in front of the computer for equal number of hours and shouted at the children with sentences having the same word count.

One of the first things I noticed upon our relocation to Western Europe years ago, was the astonishing fact that many local people had no idea who is Amber or Scarlet O’Hara, who is P.G. Woodehouse, what does Shogun mean or what does Erich von Däniken write about. From my book worm’s perspective this was totally unacceptable and instantly sent me on a book saving quest.