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The fourth book in the bestselling Nordic feelgood series.
Spring is in the air but life seems to be giving Kristiina Kivimaa only lemons in this fourth book in the highly popular ‘Birch Tree Café’ series.
Krisse and Tommi have spent a year living by the sunny Adriatic Sea. As spring approaches, the couple return to Pyhävirta in Finland, and Krisse experiences a shocking loss that makes it hard for them to settle back into their old lives.
But things in Pyhävirta have changed: the café is under new ownership, old friends have become absent, and Krisse’s energy is at an all-time low. A strange inheritance issue prompts Krisse to roll up her sleeves and push on. On the shores of the lake, Tommi and Krisse’s shared home begins to take shape, and they start to furnish it with their shared hopes and dreams as well as furniture.
Perfect for readers looking for a distinctively Nordic answer to Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond, and Kajsa Ingemarsson.
Estonian: Hea Lugu
Finnish Edition
Reviews
nominee – Adlibris Prize for Fiction 2024
‘Maija Kajanto has succeeded in creating a shared granny’s house feeling for all of Finland. Many of us have enjoyed the care of a grandmother – you are accepted, there is a warm hug, a meal, a made bed and, above all, that loving look. That’s what life looks like in [the Birch Tree Café series].’ — Kirsin kirjanurkka blog
‘Entertaining and warm-hearted.’ —Luetut.net blog, Finland
‘I devoured the book in an instant. There was something comforting and a feeling of a bygone time. I was even moved at one point.’
—Ilta-Sanomat newspaper
‘Causes chronic drooling.’ —Kirsin kirjanurkka blog
‘In Estonian libraries, readers are waiting for the continuation of Maija Kajanto Birch Tree Café series, they want to know what will happen to the people of Pyhävirta next. We have just started translating the fourth part of the series, Citrus Spring. That spring is the most difficult one for the main character Krisse. She experiences painful losses and has to cope with grief. But none of us live and are constantly at the peak of happiness. And as it happens often in Spring new hopes are gradually gaining strength.’ —Meeli Müüripeal, Editor, Hea Lugu, Estonia
