Feel-Good is here to stay!
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| Did you know that Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the World for three consecutive years? One of the reasons for this might be the Finns’ knack for Feel-Good literature!
Although the fall weather is rough, we are glad to have some fuzzy titles to keep us positive! Find the funniest, happiest titles with the best atmosphere for your publishing house below.
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| THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORD by Emmi Pesonen
Warm, humorous and beautiful debut novel from the point of view of a stepmother. Patchwork family life, and new beginnings.
- Debut novel by acclaimed screenwriter and actress
- Feature film in development by Aurora Studios
Amanda’s life is revolutionized when Onni curves into her life with a yellow minibus, chaos and four children riding along. She has been living an extended youth and cared mainly for her house plants until she met Onni and his kids. Happiness, the laundry pile and the dish mountains grow in their new home.
When Onni’s behavior starts to get weirder, she has to decide if love truly fixes everything.
Ask for the English sample for The Most Beautiful Word by clicking here.
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FACELIFT by Miika Nousiainen
- Newest title, sold already to Germany and Estonia!
Sami’s biological clock has been ticking for the past 15 years so loudly that sometimes it’s hard to hear his own thoughts.
But when his latest future-mother-candidate rides off with a biker guy, he makes a series of bad choices that cause him to anger the local motorcycle gang. How to fix a life where everything seems to go wrong? Sanni, a wellbeing blogger with perfectly instagrammable life arrives to offer a solution.
Ask for the English sample for Facelift by clicking here.
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| ROOTS by Miika Nousianen
Onni Kirnuvaara left to get groceries when his son was just a child – and never returned.
Years later, during a root canal treatment, the son finds out that he has a dentist brother, left behind as a child just like him.
The brothers embark on a journey to find out the truth about their father. After many detours, they find themselves in the Australian outback.
On their way to Darwin, secrets are revealed, new family members are found, and lengths of dental floss are needed. Digging to the roots hurts, but under the Southern Cross the ache starts to ease.
Ask for the English sample and synopsis for Roots by clicking here.
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| CHARLOTTA by Sara Medberg
Strict class hierarchy and fabulous silk ruffles rule in 19th-century Turku, Finland, where seamstress Charlotta is looking for her own Mr. Darcy.
Can an ordinary lady’s maid have it all: a meaningful life and the man of her dreams?
Ask for the English sample for Charlotta by clicking here.
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| HOPE NEVER DIES by Minna Lindgren
Marja Vehmarvarsi is a 62-year-old teacher, on the verge of retirement.
Marja’s parents Aina and Toivo are almost 100 years old, but nevertheless passionate YouTubers, whose goal is to save the Finnish school system – whatever it takes.
Marja’s popularity among the students grows as her parents’ radical plans spread over the internet.
Ask for the English sample and synopsis for Hope Never DIes by clicking here.
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| ANGRY WIDOW by Minna Lindgren
74-year-old Ulla has cared for her mean and slightly alcoholic paralyzed husband for the last 12 years.
At his funeral, all she can think is: finally! She reconnects with old friends and starts living every day as if it were her last.
The Angry Widow is an amusing and entertaining story about what it means to be seventy in a world where everyone over 65 ticks the same age box in a survey.
Ask for the English sample and synopsis for Angry Widow by clicking here.
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| SUNSET GROVE TRILOGY by Minna Lindgren
1st book:
Death in Sunset Grove is a devilishly funny and suspenseful story about old age, friendship and life in a relatively ordinary retirement home. Here the only fate worse than death is being drugged up and locked away inside the dementia ward. Even the sharpest senior can’t decipher all the nuances of this place; thankfully a few young people, including members of the biker gang and a grandchild’s boyfriend, offer some help.
2nd book: Residents Siiri, Irma and Anna-Liisa, all older than 90, decide to move from the retirement home into a shared apartment in the exotic neighbourhood of Hakaniemi
3rd book: The final part of the trilogy marks a return to the retirement community. But the place no longer feels like home, and has turned into a state-funded, technology-driven pilot project in elderly care. The conclusion brings together characters lost along the way, and murky details are brought to light. Legal justice is also served – in unexpected ways. A natural, long-awaited death finally collects some, but still not all, of our main characters.
Ask for the full English pdfs for Sunset Grove trilogy by clicking here. |
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