From Finland with Love

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This is a true story about Kaisu, a youngFinnish girl who leaves her war-tornhomeland to spend a year as an au pair inEngland. It will be a year that transformsher life and her view of the world.Kaisu's destination is a big old house thatbelongs to a by-gone era, where thelong-dead "master" is venerated, familycustoms are punctiliously kept, and oldretainers cling on. ¬e house, inBirmingham, is owned by one of theCadbury family, who presides in lonelydominion over her dusty empire.From its strict rules and convent-like existence, Kaisu is rescued byan ambitious man who needs a wife to help him scale the heights ofpolitical life. Alone, unworldly, trusting, and completely in love, Kaisu finds her dreams come true when he asks her to marry him.Once his ring is on her finger, she realises her mistake, but it takesyears before the full extent of his lies and secrecy are unveiled.By that time, he is a prominent member of the government, who isdesperate to keep his job and his reputation.Kaisu now lives near Cambridge. She has since re-married andbeen widowed.