INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER Set in Ukraine and Finland a captivating story of intrigue betrayal
and murder in the global fertility market--from acclaimed writer Sofi Oksanen an international
publishing sensation frequently likened to Stieg Larsson (The Guardian).Helsinki 2016. Olenka
sits on a bench watching a family play in a dog park. A stranger sits down beside her. Olenka
startles she would recognize this other woman anywhere. After all Olenka was the one who
ruined her life. And this woman may be about to do the same to Olenka. Yet for a fragile
moment here they are together looking at their own children being raised by other
people.Moving seamlessly between modern-day Finland and Ukraine in the early days of its
post-Soviet independence Dog Park is a keenly observed dark and propulsive novel set at the
intersection of East and West centered on a web of exploitation and the commodification of the
female body.Sofi Oksanen brings fearless psychological acuity to this captivating story about a
woman unable to escape the memory of her lost child the ruthless powers that still hunt her
and the lies that could well end up saving her.
