{"product_id":"the-women-i-think-about-at-night-traveling-the-paths-of-my-heroes-paperback","title":"The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMia Kankimäki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDouglas Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"thought-provoking blend of history, biography, women's studies, and travelogue\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) Mia Kankim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eä\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eki recounts her enchanting travels in Japan, Kenya, and Italy while retracing the steps of ten remarkable female pioneers from history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can a forty-something childless woman do? Bored with her life and feeling stuck, Mia Kankimäki leaves her job, sells her apartment, and decides to travel the world, following the paths of the female explorers and artists from history who have long inspired her. She flies to Tanzania and then to Kenya to see where Karen Blixen--of \u003ci\u003eOut of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e fame--lived in the 1920s. In Japan, Mia attempts to cure her depression while researching Yayoi Kusama, the contemporary artist who has voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital for decades. In Italy, Mia spends her days looking for the works of forgotten Renaissance women painters of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and finally finds her heroines in the portraits of Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Atremisia Gentileschi. If these women could make it in the world hundreds of years ago, why can't Mia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Women I Think About at Night\u003c\/i\u003e is \"an astute, entertaining...[and] insightful\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of the lost women adventurers of history who defied expectations in order to see--and change--the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMia Kankimäki has worked with books all her life: she has a master's degree in comparative literature from the University of Helsinki, and she has worked as a copywriter and editor at various publishing houses. Her travels in Tanzania, Kenya, Italy, and Japan in the footsteps of inspirational, historical female figures inspired her book\u003ci\u003e The Women I Think About at Night\u003c\/i\u003e. When not traveling for her next book project, Mia Kankimäki lives in Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44691601358950,"sku":"9781982129200","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cU1VNFo3bThRNURUVnk4aFlNY2k5UT09.webp?v=1770972897","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-women-i-think-about-at-night-traveling-the-paths-of-my-heroes-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}