Neljäntienristeys

Doubted by those around her, Maria, a young village midwife, finally wins the esteem she craved by bringing hard births to safe ends, yet fails to see how trapped she is by her own yearning. Lahja, her illegitimate daughter, tries to fill her life with everything Maria discarded. Back in a north scorched by war, a returning evacuee longs for tenderness in marriage, while Onni, decorated in battle, snatches secret moments of joy in town. Decades on, Kaarina redecorates the house her father-in-law has left empty.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

334 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland

First published

2014 by WSOY

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9789510403822 (original)

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