"Russell is possessed of a razor-sharp wit and a winning self-deprecation - two of the things that make this book such a delight."

"The Year of Living Danishly takes a. . . 'day in the life' approach to hygge."

"Helen Russell writes of her first year living in Denmark. She wrestles with the change of relocation -- just as, in small ways, we wrestle with seasonal change -- and gives us well-researched food-for-thought."

"Giving up isn't always a bad thing; being a dropout can even change your life for the better. Helen Russell was a high-flying glossy magazine editor before moving to rural Jutland in Denmark which, despite its long dark winters, is also statistically the happiest nation on earth. While there, Helen soon discovered there's more to Danish life than cured herring and Nordic knits, as she described in her book, The Year of Living Danishly."

"A hugely enjoyable autobiographical account of upping sticks... to the sticks."

"A hugely enjoyable romp through the pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land."