Annina by L.E.Bojkovic

It is March 1918 and Finland, once a Grand Duchy of the now defunct Russian Empire, is in the midst of Civil War.

Anniina lives on a farm north of the town of Lahti, in an area on the edge of the “Red” held part of the country. Her family, as far as she can understand, are for neither side. Her mother is a school teacher in the nearby village and her father a cabinet-maker and small-holder. Her brother, Karl, probably leans somewhat to the left.

All she knows is that it is playing havoc with her studies and her life.

At just seventeen years old Anniina finds herself growing up fast in a dangerous and cruel world.