Rambo

By Nadja Sumanen

Rambo has been raised by his mother and is used to coping on his own when mum is depressed. He has a short fuse but a vivid imagination, and in school he avoids the company of those who are better off.

Getting to go to the cabin of mum’s boyfriend’s parents brightens up the summer holidays. What a paradise: structure to the day, meal times and the most warm-hearted hosts you could imagine! The peace is broken by cocky Liina’s arrival. On the surface it would appear that she’s doing just fine, but is she any happier than Rambo?

Nadja Sumanen’s depiction of her characters spans three generations and is so warm and moving that it almost becomes a shame to part with the characters at the end of the novel.

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Nadja Sumanen (b. 1975) is an occupational therapist, a psychotherapist and a mother of two who likes to wonder about life with children, young people, and families.Nadja Sumanen’s writing career took off to a flying start in 2015. Her manuscript won the Otava Publishing Company’s YA novel competition and was followed by the publication of her debut novel Rambo which was awarded the 2015 Finlandia Junior Prize. The book was also adapted into a play for the Finnish National Theatre.Sumanen loves spending time with her family at their cabin and values sincerity, food prepared with love, and cycling on forest roads.