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The rebellious thinking of Reeta, the protagonist, is refreshing and makes cracks in the great, historical account of the [Finnish] homeland. Narratively, Louhela doesn’t tiptoe around. Instead, she shows us that people in the past also knew how to think, dream, and make love. … The work is full of life, blood, and lungs filling with air.

Kaltio magazine

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Louhela’s writing is exquisite but precise. The setting and everyday life of the farmhouse feels realistic, and the story moves through elegant, suspenseful scenes. You won’t want to put it down.

Iso Numero magazine

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The forbidden love is depicted strongly and touchingly from the very beginning.

Keskisuomalainen (Jyväskylä)

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Systematic xenophobia is a striking link between the political ideas of the 1930s, in which women were the custodians of pure genetic heritage, morality, and the interests of the nation, and today. Having studied the history of sciences and ideas, Louhela has a lot of universal material for her story.

Kaleva (Oulu)

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Telling the story in dialect brings the young woman’s joys, sorrows, passions, and pain to life. The portrayal is full of youth’s zeal and hunger for life, the furious demand for something better.

ET magazine