In the photo with Katinka Hosszú the POKET project initiator, actor Vecsei H.

Just to make sure that the book reaches teachers too FinnAgora gave 60 copies of it to teachers in Hunagarian schools. Parents, friends, teachers can help a lot if they care.įA: Thank you very much for your answers and once again for being the ambassador for the book. This too is an important message, stress and anorexia is not necessarily ending in a tragedy. (Wonderful sea) The story of an anorexic girl, but unusually beautifully written. The diary format makes it very intense, at some parts even scary. KH: It was very personal, that was quite shocking. This is something sport can also do much about, as we do in my swimschool.įA: Kira Poutanen’s book was an extremely popular book in 2001.

Also I like the idea of POKET, as it aims to create communities. Teenage girls, school stress and anorexia are so often heard nowdays, but it is rare that we meet this in a book. Katinka Hosszú (KH): As I heard about the theme of the topic I immediately thought this is an important message. FinnAgora has supported the new publishing of the novel.įinnAgora met the ambassador of the book, the Hungarian swimmer and multiple Olympic gold metalist Katinka Hosszú, at the book launch party.įinnAgora (FA): It is a great pleasure that you have answered our request to become the ambassador of Kira Poutanen’s book Ihana Meri. Poutanen’s novel touches the topic of anorexia and tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, Julia. The colorful POKET-books are available in book vending machines around Budapest. POKET is a community building and reading popularization nonprofit project. Wonderful Sea) was published as the next edition in the POKET series at the end of February in Hungary. Kira Poutanen’s first novel Ihana Meri (trans.

Ihana meri by Kira Poutanen