National Book Award winning poet/essayist/translator Clayton Eshleman has written well over 30 books and has had hundreds of articles/essays/poems published throughout the world in the 40 years he has been writing. His work is included in many anthologies and his poetry has been translated into a number of other languages. This is the first comprehensive anthology published looking at the whole of his body of work: from translations to poetry to essays...

The widows play their parts at Jukka's funeral service, but Kirsi's got a job and a ghost at home, Johanna's got Lasse's son to deal with and Veera's got a boyfriend. Jukka confronts Rami over money, blackmail and attempted murder.

Veera meets a new man, Johanna sells off her old man's things and Kirsi's got money troubles. But throw a half million dollars in Veera's shed, a dangerous business partner at her door and a husband that's not quite dead, and things start to get complicated.

Rami's dead and Kirsi's seen his hooded killer. But who did it? Detective Inkinen suspects Veera's involved, but a mysterious email from Rami tells another story. Kirsi's new blog and Joonas' imagination put the widows' secrets in jeopardy.

While Veera rekindles her relationship with Erno, Kirsi starts a secret affair with Joonas. Johanna reaches an agreement with Pharmateca, but JST's true owner is about to step back into the picture.

Now that she's staying with Veera, Kirsi forms a new fantasy life, with Jukka in its central role. But Veera's true feelings are starting to awaken. Johanna meets with Palojoki to make her own demands, unaware of just how dangerous a game she's playing.

Veera's beginning to wonder if she wants her husband dead after all. Johanna wants the plan to go ahead, but gets no help from Kirsi, who's beginning to come unhinged.

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