{"product_id":"love-from-afar-finland","title":"Love from Afar: Finland","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventy-three-year-old Frank Cadwallader lies in a hospital bed recovering from surgery,\u003cbr\u003ehaunted not by his illness, but by a memory he has carried for decades. When his inquisitive\u003cbr\u003egranddaughter asks about a trip he had taken to Finland and the Soviet Union years ago Frank is\u003cbr\u003edrawn back to a summer that changed the course of his life.\u003cbr\u003eIn the mid-1980’s Frank is a reputable New Hampshire ski salesman living a stable middle-class\u003cbr\u003elife with his wife and two teenage children. When he volunteers for a Quaker peace delegation\u003cbr\u003etraveling to Helsinki and Leningrad during the tense final years of the Cold War his journey\u003cbr\u003epromises little more than earnest conversations about the dangers of nuclear war.\u003cbr\u003eBut before he even leaves home, language lessons with a young Russian émigré begin to\u003cbr\u003eawaken new desires and curiosities – about art, music, language and love. Once overseas, an\u003cbr\u003eencounter with a beautiful Finnish woman leads to an impassioned, long-term correspondence\u003cbr\u003eand further unsettles his carefully ordered life. As his travels unfold across Finland and the\u003cbr\u003eSoviet Union the landscapes, people and ideas he encounters begin to reshape his\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding of himself and the life he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003eSpanning continents and decades Love from Afar: Finland is a reflective and deeply emotional\u003cbr\u003ehuman story about longing, moral choices and the surprising moments that can alter a life\u003cbr\u003eforever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e292 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, 9.0\" L x 6.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFord von Reyn is Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease and International Health) at the\u003cbr\u003eGeisel School of Medicine. His research on tuberculosis and HIV led to a longstanding\u003cbr\u003ecollaboration with colleagues in Finland - and to participation in the country’s cross-country ski\u003cbr\u003emarathons. He continues to study the Finnish language, drawn to its unique harmonies and\u003cbr\u003eintricate declensions. This is his debut novel. He and his wife Sunny live on a dead-end dirt road\u003cbr\u003ein rural Vermont with their dog, Phebe, three Nigerian dwarf goats, and a Finnish sauna.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Ford Von Reyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924087668815,"sku":"9781966293521","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/7031\/files\/71bQ3R9naqL._SL1360.jpg?v=1793287483","url":"https:\/\/shop.finlandiafoundation.org\/products\/love-from-afar-finland","provider":"North Wind Books at the Finnish American Heritage Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}