Soul-Happy Format: Paperback

A must-read for the millions who suffer from chronic illness, Soul-Happy is an inspiring and poetic account of navigating away from shame and life-threatening disease and into redemption and grace through a commitment to hard truths and unconditional love.

Nette Nilsson has big dreams and is in the midst of pursuing them—starting by leaving Denmark to attend university in Toronto, Canada—when she falls for a beguiling but volatile American. Their romance moves fast, and in what seems like no time she finds herself living a privileged but deeply unhappy life in New York with her now-husband, Cal. After suffering for too long, she finally begins to find her way onto a better path—only to be abruptly faced with a life-threatening physical condition. To survive and to heal, Nette must confront dark family lies and her hidden traumas and find her own power again.

In an era of increasing awareness regarding how many strong, intelligent women ignore their gut and lose themselves—and the lives they dream of having—when they become entangled with toxic men, Soul-Happy illuminates the underlying reasons for one promising young woman’s downhill slide after she falls for “the wrong kind of love,” and follows her harrowing battle to put herself back together again.

Anette Nilsson was raised in Denmark and spent most of her adult life in Toronto and New York. She has a dual degree in political science and criminology from University of Toronto and studied for her MA in education at Queens College, CUNY. She founded a tech consulting firm in Minneapolis, has taught IT and English, and is the author of a children’s book about three friends on an adventure with a magical raft. It is her vice to want to move to each new place she visits. Anette resides in Denmark and Port Washington, New York.