The Italian Riviera never appeared more sultry than in this story of a sudden romance between a teenage boy and a visiting scholar at his parents’ summer villa…(Read More)
This novel about a recently widowed art historian’s retreat to a seaside resort he visited as a child would be worth reading for the beauty of its language and descriptions of the changeable northern seascape alone. Booker Prize winner, 2005…(Read More)
Sagan was only 18 when she wrote this simple seeming but unforgettable – and harrowing – story of a 17-year-old girl on summer holiday with her widowed, philandering father along the French Riviera…(Read More)
Book Talk blog of Orange County/California libraries says “Korkeakivi’s clean and elegant prose gives the piece a distinct voice. And without missing a beat, she moves between an American or a French accent to an Irish lilt to a Scots Celtic brogue, depending upon which character is speaking…. If this is only Korkeakivi…(Read More)
Buffalo News says: An Unexpected Guest is too delicious a window into the diplomatic life to forgo… Korkeakivi, as a debut novelist, shows a deft and sensitive hand with a firm grasp on the underside of dealing in foreign affairs – making Korkeakivi herself a woman of intrigue. Watch for her.” To read the entire…(Read More)
Cozy in Texas blog says of An Unexpected Guest, “[T]he story gripped me from beginning to end. And the novel, with a Paris backdrop, includes lovely descriptions and interactions with characters from different countries.” To see the whole blog entry, look here…(Read More)
Hello, Canada! An Unexpected Guest was named a Spring Pick on The Top Shelf, fiction librarian Heidi Schiller’s blog for North Vancouver City Library. To see the whole post, look here…(Read More)
As of July 6th, An Unexpected Guest appears to be available for purchase again on Amazon’s Kindle store, both in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. Yay! Here’s a link…(Read More)
5 Minutes for Books blog says, ““In this elegant novel, Korkeakivi gives us an intimate look into the intricacies of embassy life and how the expectations and requirements of that world affect Clare’s decisions in matters both small and large. Beyond this, [Korkeakivi] has created a complex and thoughtful character with whom we can…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest is showing up on summer read lists in all sorts of places. To see a few, look here and here and here. Ruminations of a Relentless Reader blog says, “It is truly an inspiring and thoughtful tale of life, love, and choice. Korkeakivi takes care to move the story along while interspersing…(Read More)
