A Place to Return To – A handbook for expatriate Finns

Do you dream of a life abroad? Are you afraid of culture shock, homesickness, or an identity crisis? The Place I Return To is the story of two Finnish women about what it feels like to start a new life far from home and what happens when it's time to return.

This is not a travel book, but a work about the birth of an expat Finnish identity in Australia and Tanzania. It's about how everything new can be both exciting and terrifying at the same time, and how terrible it feels when a Moomin mug carefully transported from Finland breaks.

Finnishness is strongest abroad, but being in Finland can be stifling. There's always a longing for somewhere else. The authors want to offer peer support for this emotional rollercoaster. Stories from around the world provide food for thought for anyone contemplating a life change or who has already embraced life as an expat Finn.