Review: Touching story set in WWII Finland by A. Y. Stratton
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
My protective instinct surged as I read this moving story of a child unloved by her unbalanced mother, but cherished by her grandmother. I was particularly intrigued by the historical setting, Helsinki, Finland, and the time, World War II as the Germans attack and conquer. Every emotion seemed true and perfectly shaped. By coincidence I had just visited Helsinki, so I could picture the peaceful, lush beauty of the countryside. When the little child grows up and falls in love with a good man, her resentment of her mother threatens to destroy their love. With time, wisdom and patience, she and her husband ride out her scars from her nightmare childhood.