Finnish Beginnings is a memoir about the authorâ€™s childhood in Finland. But it is much more than that. It is about her working class family and how they coped through four wars. It is about

Finnish Beginnings: Memoir - A Childhood in Finland

Finnish Beginnings is a memoir about the authorâ€™s childhood in Finland. But it is much more than that. It is about her working class family and how they coped through four wars. It is about Finnish history and culture, told through the eyes of the author as a child, describing how the family was impacted by contemporary political and historical events. The father fought in three wars, and the author and her sister became part of one of the largest child evacuations in Europe. The last four chapters develop into an immigration story in which the family leaves Finland for Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1951, only to end up languishing in the dismal Immigration Building, described by Canadian author Pierre Berton as â€œthe home of hope and heartbreakâ€. In the case of the author and her family, hope triumphs over heartbreak as they build a new life in Canada.
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2007673393
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781481829571
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2007673393
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781481829571
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Finnish Beginnings: Memoir - A Childhood in Finland