Aili Jarvenpa's poems give the reader an insight into the joys of a tender childhood on a Minnesota farm with her Finnish-immigrant parents.

Half Immersed, And Other Poems

Jarvenpa, Aili

North Star Press

<p>The lives of many second generation Finnish-Americans were shuffled between Finnish and American ways of life, making them literally and figuratively the translators of American language and culture for their parents. This is a collection of writings from those sons and daughters of immigrant parents, people who grew up in Two cultures and came to appreciate the richness of their heritage.</p>

In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

North Star Press of St. Cloud

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Half Immersed, And Other Poems

In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans