Things that Fall from the Sky

**WINNER OF THE 2016 EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE****One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction...**A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the jackpot twice. A man is struck by lightning four times. Coincidence? Or something more?*Things That Fall from the Sky* is the tale of three lives that are changed forever by random events. But it is also a meditation on the endurance of love, the passage of time and the pain of loss. Selja Ahava, one of Finland's best-loved novelists, weaves these stories together in an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind fable about the twists and turns that can define a lifetime.