ASIN: B00BQ1FNYA
Publisher: Newhurst Press
Pages: 260
‘Coffee and Vodka is a rich story that stays with us….with moments of brilliance.’ - Dr. Mimi Thebo, Bath Spa University. Eeva doesn’t want to remember. But now she’s forced to return to Finland and confront her past.‘In Stockholm, everything is bigger and better.’ When Pappa announces the family is to leave Finland for a new life in Sweden, 11-year-old Eeva is elated. But in Stockholm Mamma finds feminism, Eeva’s sister, Anja, pretends to be Swedish and Pappa struggles to adapt.And one night, Eeva’s world falls apart.Fast forward 30 years. Now teaching Swedish to foreigners, Eeva travels back to Finland when her beloved grandmother becomes ill. On the overnight ferry, a chance meeting with her married ex-lover, Yri, prompts family secrets to unravel and buried memories to come flooding back.It’s time for Eeva to find out what really happened all those years ago …Coffee and Vodka has it ...
