Coffee and Vodka

Author(s): Helena Halme

Location(s): Finland, Sweden

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Turn 21st Century

Eeva doesn’t want to remember, but a return to Finland where she grew up forces her to confront her past.

‘In Stockholm, everything is bigger and better.’

When her father announces the family is to leave Finland for a new life in Sweden, 11-year-old Eeva is elated. But in Stockholm, her mother finds feminism, Eeva’s sister, Anja, pretends to be Swedish and her father struggles to adapt.

One night, Eeva’s world falls apart.

Fast forward 30 years. Now teaching Swedish to immigrants, Eeva travels back to Finland when her beloved grandmother becomes ill. On the overnight ferry, a chance meeting with her married ex-lover, Yri, prompts family secrets to unravel and buried memories to come flooding back.

It’s time for Eeva to find out what really happened all those years ago …

Coffee and Vodka has it all: family drama, mystery, romance, and sisterly love.

If you like Nordic Noir, you’ll love this rich Nordic family drama by the Finnish author Helena Halme.

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