YOU LIVE AND LEARN (MAN LEVER SÅ LÄNGE MAN LÄR)

Lena Koppel
October, 2026

Warm, witty and painfully honest, the Contrary Mary series is feelgood with a feel-bad edge, emotionally fearless six-book series about starting over when you are old enough to know better, and young enough to do it anyway. A journey through marriage, grief, divorce, desire, revenge and reinvention, following one deeply imperfect woman as she learns that changing your life can be every bit as messy as staying put.

Can you really start over?

With a new life calling and old relationships pulling her back, Maria faces some of her most difficult choices yet.

New connections, new dreams and a growing belief in herself finally give her the courage to step away from the life she once knew – and towards the woman she wants to become.

You Live And Learn is the fourth instalment in Lena Koppel’s feelgood series Contrary Mary. Warm, wise and hopeful, it is a story about courage, change and learning to choose yourself.

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Sweden: Gyldendal Astra

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