Being back in your home country can be equally as tricky as being a foreigner - immigrant - abroad.First of all there are all the emotions that family re-unions can ignite. Sometimes they are beautiful and lovely, sometimes an old, deeply buried resentment raises its ugly head and bites the … [Read more...]
Search Results for: Åland Islands
A large small town
That is how the tourist site Visit Åland describes Mariahamn. Something lost in translation there perhaps? For me, however, this fits perfectly, but then I speak both Finnish and Swedish (spoken here) and have by now after twenty odd years even acquired the Åland accent and use the odd, little … [Read more...]
Finns can’t cope with ice – shock!
I've had some disturbing news from Finland: some 50 vessels of various kinds are stuck in the ice around the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden.During the most severe winter weather Northern Europe has experienced, this sounds a perfectly reasonable state of affairs. Expect … [Read more...]
Landlocked
I've always had a thing about islands. I was born in Tampere, an industrial city pegged between two of the 190,000 lakes in Finland, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. When my family moved to Stockholm, we didn't get very far from water. The capital of Sweden is made up of beautiful islands. But as a Finn I … [Read more...]
It’s Publication Day
Today is Publication Day! My latest novel, Book 6 in the Love on the Island Series, AN ISLAND HEATWAVE, is out today. Whoo, hoo! After all the trials and tribulations I've had with this book, my 15th title, I am delighted and – to be honest – very relieved that this novel is finally out. I … [Read more...]
How Do You Like To Read?
I'd love to know how you like to read. In particular, what format do you prefer? January is the time to plan next year's goals, but this year, because it's a new decade, I also want to look a little more ahead. And that means planning what type of new formats I'd like to publish in the next … [Read more...]
Exclusive First Chapter
Would you like to read an exclusive first chapter from my forthcoming novel, The Island Affair? The Island Affair Is Out 21 March 2019 Can one summer mend a broken heart? After the tragic loss of their 17-year-old son, journalist Alicia and surgeon Liam struggle to keep their marriage afloat. … [Read more...]
New Book Cover Reveal
At last, it's here, the fresh-off-the-press cover for The Island Affair. Drumroll, please, for a new cover reveal! I'm delighted with the new cover. I canvassed opinion from members of my Readers Group on which image to choose and this was the most popular one. My hugely talented cover designer, … [Read more...]
A crayfish party for two
'I've never had a crayfish in such polite society,' said husband as the friendly waitress tied our bibs on and asked if we wished to order some schnapps. We looked at each other and smiled. 'Of course,' he said. We were sitting at a window table in a restaurant called von Knorring in Mariehamn's … [Read more...]
Sleepless in Stockholm
I can't sleep. Perhaps it's the noise of the city after two weeks of gazing at the sea in Åland, perhaps just the excitement of being in Stockholm in mid-August, just when the city wakes up from its summer slumber. The children go back to school here today; the Stockholmare return from their … [Read more...]
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