At The Edge Of Light, , The Travellers Bookstore, Melbourne, Australia

This striking novel tells the story of a girl growing up in a village in the far north of Finland. Full of insight and humour, it explores Kristina's relationship with Kari, and their desperation to escape from the restricted life of an extraordinary and remote community. Peura's young characters are described with a mixture of earthiness and lyricism as they experience first love and grief, and experiment with sex, drugs and danger. her poetic narration ebbs and flows like the river that runs through the village; her book brims over with the haunting light of the arctic north and the presence of deep natural forces.