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"Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino--are forced...

As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899. She may be a miracle, but she's no proper young lady! It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love of adventure, May Amelia Jackson just...

In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a Communist Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of Communist utopia is flawed.

From the ice fields of rural Finland to the ruthless world of New York real-estate speculation, the life of architect Esko Vaananen offers an evocation of the turbulent Jazz Age and a tragic romance.