Blogs in March 2023

Estonian Life Stories 9th March 2023

This anthology contains 25 selected life stories collected from Estonians who lived through the tribulations of the 20 century, and describe the travails of ordinary people under numerous regimes. The autobiographical accounts provide authentic perspectives on events of this...

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The Last Train from Estonia 9th March 2023

Shortly after the Soviet Army occupied Estonia in 1940, a boy’s beloved father is arrested and sent to prison in Siberia, never to be seen again by his son. Soon the Germans will roll across the border . ....

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The Girls, Alone: Six Days in Estonia 9th March 2023

A resurfacing writer hits the sauna, bares it all, and learns the true meaning of saga. In her latest work, award-winning author Bonnie J. Rough separates from her family for a surprising journey into the difficult past and precarious...

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Everything Is Wonderful: Memories of a Collective Farm in Estonia 9th March 2023

ust like it was taken for granted that houses could be abandoned and slowly decay, so it was taken for granted that people died in prisons, and that it was possible that no-one would really ever know the cause...

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My Estonia 9th March 2023

Some people have said this book is romantic and maybe it is: a young lost American college grad falls in love with an intriguing European journalist and embarks on a journey that restores his faith in himself and the...

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