The Summer Book is a novel by Tove Jansson. The brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl spending the summer with her father and elderly grandmother on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is wise and Sophia is impetuous, but they navigate the natural beauty of the island together in easy companionship. The novel explores themes of nature, silence, innocence, home, and hope.
Tove Jansson is known as the creator of the Moomin World, presented in a series of profoundly original books for children that have appeared in more than thirty languages. All the books are illustrate...
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Tove Marika Jansson