Coffee and Vodka: A Nordic Family Drama

Some family secrets are buried for a reason. But the past has a way of finding us.

Eleven-year-old Eeva can't wait to leave Finland behind. Her father has promised the family a wonderful new life in Stockholm, where everything, he says, is bigger and better.

But Sweden isn't quite the paradise Eeva imagined. Her mother embraces feminism and a newfound independence, her older sister Anja is desperate to become Swedish, and her beloved father struggles to find his place in their new country.

Then, one night, something happens that changes Eeva's life forever.

Thirty years later, Eeva has built a life in Stockholm, teaching Swedish to foreigners and keeping painful memories firmly in the past. But when her beloved grandmother falls ill, she must return to Finland.

On the overnight ferry, an unexpected encounter with Yri, her married former lover, stirs emotions she thought she'd left behind. As old family secrets begin to unravel, Eeva is forced to confront the events that tore her family apart.

Can she finally discover the truth about what happened all those years ago, and find a way to make peace with her past?

Coffee and Vodka is an emotional Nordic family drama about sisterhood, love, belonging and the secrets that shape our lives.

Perfect for readers who enjoy richly drawn family relationships, complicated women and mysteries rooted in the past.