Elina, mistress of Laukko
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Mary Caraker.
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Published: 1997
Place of publication: St. Cloud, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Finnish American women -- Fiction.; Finnish Americans -- Fiction.
Description: The book is a Finnish-American novel of three stories. The first is of Elina. Elina's story tells of a country-bred girl who marries a wealthy, jealous nobelman. The second is of Lily's grandmother, who loses her abusive husband in a barn fire and then is ostracized by her neighbors. The third is Lily's own story about her relationships with dominating, controlling men.