Publisher's Synopsis
Finland 1901. Eeva, the young orphaned daughter of a revolutionary, is sent from the orphanage to work as housekeeper for Thomas, a widowed country doctor. Her challenging, independent, enigmatic presence disturbs Thomas as much as it fascinates him. Their relationship will shatter all the certainties of his life. Eeva longs to be back in Helsinki with the comrades of her childhood, particularly Lauri, the son of her father's friend. But life there is full of danger. For this is Finland in political ferment - the power of the Russian Empire over its subject peoples is growing more oppressive, but resistance to the Tsar's rule is growing too, both in Finland and in Russia. Some call such resistance terrorism; others call it a fight for freedom. This spellbinding story of love and loneliness is also about the tension between reform and revolution, and about a country emerging into independence.
