House of Orphans

Helen Dunmore

earliest edition we have, 2006 Viking Books, 2006 hardcover 329 pages

Finland, 1902, and the Russian Empire enforces a brutal policy to destroy Finland's freedom and force its people into submission. Eeva, orphaned daughter of a failed revolutionary, also battles to find her independence and identity. Destitute when her father dies, she is sent away to a country orphanage, and then employed as servant to a widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund. Slowly, Thomas falls in love with Eeva... but she...

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House of Orphans ebook · 2009 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141924373
House of Orphans paperback · 2006 · Viking Books · 329 pages · 9780670914524
House of Orphans hardcover · 2006 · Viking Books · 329 pages · 9780670914517

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