Sisu Mother
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Author: Lempi Kahonen-Wilson
Translated from the original Finnish by: Richard Impola
Description: Elsie began her life in Karelia and dreamed of an education. War began in Europe; then the Russians invaded Finland. Displaced by the Winter War in 1939, young Elsie and her family fled, everything but survival put on hold. After that war, her family moved home and tried to rebuild their lives. Elsie, a teenager, once more enjoyed the concerns of a teen. Briefly. Then the war in Europe found them again, pushing them far from their home where they faced hard work and privation. After the war, she met Saul, and they married, but happily ever after eluded her. Her suspicious, jealous husband kept uprooting their home and lives. The couple, children in tow, left Finland for Australia in hopes of a new start. From there, they came to the United States, but even that move failed to improve their family life. Saul suffered increasing mental illness, threatening Elsie's life and family before she summoned all her reserves to deal with him. Survival again would take all her strength.
Translated from the original Finnish by: Richard Impola
Description: Elsie began her life in Karelia and dreamed of an education. War began in Europe; then the Russians invaded Finland. Displaced by the Winter War in 1939, young Elsie and her family fled, everything but survival put on hold. After that war, her family moved home and tried to rebuild their lives. Elsie, a teenager, once more enjoyed the concerns of a teen. Briefly. Then the war in Europe found them again, pushing them far from their home where they faced hard work and privation. After the war, she met Saul, and they married, but happily ever after eluded her. Her suspicious, jealous husband kept uprooting their home and lives. The couple, children in tow, left Finland for Australia in hopes of a new start. From there, they came to the United States, but even that move failed to improve their family life. Saul suffered increasing mental illness, threatening Elsie's life and family before she summoned all her reserves to deal with him. Survival again would take all her strength.