Kirjahaku

Get lost in the life of a Finnish immigrant's daughter. Her parents didn't know a word of English when they landed on the Maritime shores of Canada. Her father was strong, but could be violent when he drank. Her mother learned to keep secrets and had unattainable expectations of Greta. She begins to look for appreciation outside the family because she could never achieve the perfection her mother desired. She could impress her friends and the teenage boys who lusted after her. It wasn't long before her sun-kissed beauty led her down a dangerous path. She lost her virginity, but then she lost her identity.

Another suspenseful adult fiction title by Sisko Linduska refreshes the reader and touches on what happened in Scissors In Her Hand. Greta's harrowing story unfolds as a saga of relationships and unplanned pregnancy continues. The trauma of rape has caused her to doubt her self-worth as she struggles to redefine herself all the while growing increasingly dependent on men. It will take determination and facing odds that seem to be stacked against her.Realistic problems overlap in daily life where dysfunctional relationships result in violence, drug and alcohol abuse. Author Linduska pulls on her Finnish and Northern Ontario heritage to fill in the picture of where the characters face challenges met by the satisfying scissors bite of a stealthy and familiar black wolf.

Sisko Linduska does it again with a suspenseful thriller. Willow is growing up and hasn't seen her father in a decade. He weaves his way back into her life and no one is supposed to find out. She finds out there is more than meets the eye to the man who's been a mystery to her for most of her life. This suspenseful drama is full of realism both mentally and physically. A spellbinding story from a Northern Ontario author raised in the Finnish culture.