Elsie Johansson is the girl from poor Sweden who broke through at the age of 48 and became a successful author. The novel about working-class girl Nancy became a bestseller. Elsie Johansson has traveled country and kingdom and talked about writing, about women's creative power, about love and eroticism, about daring to do what she did; resign from Posten and create a life of your own. But leaving your roots requires a high price.