Title: Elina, mistress of Laukko
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: Fiction, Finnish Americans, Finnish American women
LC classification: PS3553.A638 E45 1997