Shernoff, Reflector and 13 other stories from Finnish sidewalks

A family of three lives in windswept southern Helsinki. In the mornings, the father walks his son to a French school and wonders why even adults adorn themselves with swinging accessories that glitter in the headlights. He contemplates the necessity of the things - are the Finns just prissy? Dark November descends and he begins to see the light. Reflector tells 14 stories of making a home and feeling homeless in a new country. The protagonist is a writer who enjoys a comfortable life, sipping...