Product Description

The Petersons family of Toronto receives a visitor from the homeland. Life will never be the same, and romance may be to blame. A Visitor from Latvia follows the trials and tribulations of Andrejs Kalnins, a young Latvian lawyer, and his lively Canadian cousin, Klara. This is a story about love and relationships, loss and reconciliation, and the enduring resilience of families set against the backdrop of the Latvian-Canadian and contemporary Latvian experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #988236 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-22
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

About the Author
Sandra Upeslacis was born in Toronto in 1958, and is the daughter of Latvian immigrants. She has worked as a magazine, radio and television journalist and as a public relations consultant. Ms. Upeslacis holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa and a Diplome de langue et civilisations francaises from the Universite de Paris-Sorbonne in Paris, France. A Visitor from Latvia is her first novel.

Customer Reviews

I think I know the Petersons
A page turner! I feel I know each of the characters in some form or other, especially Ziedonis. Typos (e.g.- red and black current bushes) could use some work in the next edition.
I'll def read more from this author.

Whaaa! I want a sequel!
I can't stand it. I am upset. Here I feel like I lived in these characters shoes during the most important events in their lives and now I have to actually wait for a sequel to find out what happens to conservative Andrejs, to colourful Klara, to crazy Ziedonis....ah, I trust there will be a sequel, Sandra??!! Sandra, don't do this to me. Please...would a tantrum help!?
Great story. As a Latvian-American-Canadian ,it was easy to identify with the first generation life-style of the struggling and Latvian...trying to come to terms with living "here" but belonging emotionally to "there" and trying to make sense of it all. A fantastic read. Thank you, Sandra. I am waiting...