Synopsis "North of Night and South of Sun"
Anna-Maria Ruutu and Serepta Anderson are two women on opposite sides of the world, one in the far north of Europe, the other in the tropics. They are separated by five thousand, five hundred miles and a seven hour time difference. One has a close family and an intricate lineage, the other an incomplete sense of identity and "no name".Serepta tells of her life in turn of twentieth century Jamaica and Anna-Maria of hers, in Finland, including the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution in Petersburg, which leads to the Finnish Civil War, with its devastating consequences. Anna-Maria tells of how, through her secret loves, the wealthy landowner, Risto, and radical doctor for the poor, Jussi, she is forced to grow up as she becomes an unmarried mother in a strict pious home.Serepta uncovers the secrets of the plantation and the real identity of daughter, Milly, through the loves in her life, Bartholomew Titcomb and his brother, Son, who goes to America to join the start of the civil rights movement, and Thomas Cuddugging, from an old English planter family.What is the bond that ties Anna-Maria and Serepta together? Find out in this explosive book.
