The Finnish Girl Special Edition Paperback

The Finnish Girl is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novella by Helena Halme published in 2016 as a prequel to The Englishman. It tells the story of young Kaisa as the new girl in town, she falls for an older man.

This special edition paperback carries an innovative cover design by Jessica Bell. 

See special editions in the same design series of The Englishman, The Navy Wife and The Good Officer here.

Kaisa is the new girl in town again.

At the age of 14, she has changed schools no fewer than four times. Her parents' tumultuous relationship has taken Kaisa and her sister Sirkka from Finland to Sweden and back again.

When finally a messy divorce forces Kaisa's mother to move to a small flat in an island suburb of Helsinki, Kaisa isn't looking forward to another new school and having to make new friends.

But soon she meets Vappu and begins to spend time in her large, chaotic house.

Kaisa doesn't know a friend of Vappu's brother, a serious boy called Matti, is quietly observing her. At 21 Matti is seven years older than Kaisa, but he is infatuated with Kaisa pale blue eyes and innocence.

But is Kaisa too young to fall in love?

This novella was republished as The Finnish Heart in 2017.

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