The Persistence of Light

An escape to a remote Finnish island and two weeks of solitude. No people. No problems. That was the plan. But in the endless light of Nordic midsummer, Dee may find the one thing she thought she no longer wanted: a way back into the world.

For decades, Dee has worked in the world’s most fractured places, negotiating between people who have every reason not to trust one another. But after the death of a friend and colleague in the Democratic Republic of Congo, her faith in the work — and in...