From Finland with Love: A Novel

From Finland with Love: A Novel

**Multi-Award-Winning BOOK CLUB FAVORITE**
Gold Winner E-Lit Award (Multicultural Fiction), Bronze Winner IPPY Award (Best Adult Fiction E-Book), Finalist Foreword Review Book of the Year (Multicultural Fiction), and Three Finalist Awards Next Generation Indie Book Contest (General Fiction, E-Book Fiction, and Chick Lit). Also Finalist IndieExcellence (Multicultural) and 2014 International Book Awards (Best New Fiction).

Sex, Sauna, and Sisu.

Sisu is the classic Finnish quality of fortitude, grit, and often-foolish stubbornness that drives thirty-three-year-old Alina Eskala through a ribald summer of love and woe.

Sex? Since the death of her parents and the alarming clang of her biological clock, sensuous Alina desires a man and babyâ€”family. As a constant reminder, her best friend Meredith has an adorable toddler with Alina's ex-boyfriend (causing inescapable skirmishes with her ex).

Sauna? Any story permeated with the unique East-meets-West Finnish culture, history, and wisdomâ€”â€œIf tar, liquor and sauna do not help, the disease is fatalâ€â€”must include Finland's national past time and sacred cleansing ritual.

Sex, sauna and sisu stir up a crazy stew when an unknown Finnish "cousin" and his hot friend suddenly barge into Alina's quiet Silicon Valley life. In a robust but bumbling quest for love and belonging, Alina tolerates her outspoken cousin and pursues his alluring friendâ€”while plagued by repressed grief, mind-boggling headaches, wacky dates, and some truly tragic hair days.

Cultures clash and passions peak as the ever-blunt Finns mix with Meredith's family, Alina's new neighbors, her over-sexed friend Cleopatra and more, resulting in a summer of surprising romantic entanglements.

From an exclusive, historic enclave in Northern California and the stunning Yosemite Valley to Helsinki and the remote waterside cottages of Finland, Alina's award-winning search for family is both an exploration of unknown Finland and the exploration of an unknown self.

"FROM FINLAND WITH LOVE is studded with stunning descriptive prose about the American and Finnish landscape which had me yearning to go. I also loved learning about the Finnish culture which is described so beautifully. The inevitable disasters had me cringing and giggling in equal measures and despite her numerous mistakes, I never stopped rooting for Alina."â€”Nikki Mason, BestChickLit.com

"A wonderful, rich and funny book packed with engaging characters, witty dialogue, tender moments and indelible scenes filled with sweetness and longing, mishaps and misunderstandings, all told with a distinctive Finnish flareâ€¦ and if you're at all curious what that means, you absolutely, positively have to read FROM FINLAND WITH LOVE."â€”Tom Parker, author of Anna, Ann, Annie: A Novel

"FROM FINLAND WITH LOVE swept me away. I was on board and fully engaged from the very first scene to its satisfying ending. Alanko writes with humor and grace, deftly weaving moments of poignancy and longing with madcap antics and sparkling dialogue. Alina is an unforgettable character and the supporting cast of characters is rich, varied and utterly original. I highly recommend this book."â€”Vicky Mlyniec, Award-winning writer and editor

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Country USA
Manufacturer Libra Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate 2014-05-17

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Libra Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate	2014-05-17

From Finland with Love: A Novel

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