Not my choice for book club, but as a dedicated reader of Helen Dunmore novels, I have to say that this was one of her best. Her writing just flows off the page; no fancy pyrotechnics but great storytelling and superbly drawn characters. We gradually get to know Eeva and Thomas and the events that bring them together in the backwoods of Finland in 1902.
The book is written entirely, and brilliantly, in the third person, alternating between the main characters. Later in Helsinki, the story of Lauri, Sasha and Magda describes the politics of "Russafication". The whole novel is intense and powerful, although I was slightly disappointed with the ending.
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