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A grandmother and her young granddaughter come to stay on an island for the summer. The mother of the granddaughter, we soon learn, has recently died. Jansson is too good of a writer to let the story circle around and around that, but the mother’s death lies quietly at the heart of the book. The real focus is the beautiful way the grandmother and granddaughter grow closer and closer. Jansson is a master and this book is a deserved classic.
This wonderfully quiet and subtle books is filled with heart.
In The Summer Book, Tove Jansson gave us the story of a young girl named Sophie and her grandmother. Every summer the family spent the season on a small island off the coast of Finland, exploring the land and talking about everything under the sun. Sophie and her grandmother adopt a cat, swim in the ocean, search for missing false teeth, and even break into the home of a neighbor. But what they really do is bond -- forming a sweet and ...more
In The Summer Book, Tove Jansson gave us the story of a young girl named Sophie and her grandmother. Every summer the family spent the season on a small island off the coast of Finland, exploring the land and talking about everything under the sun. Sophie and her grandmother adopt a cat, swim in the ocean, search for missing false teeth, and even break into the home of a neighbor. But what they really do is bond -- forming a sweet and ...more
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A little bit of travel, a dash of memoir and a hint of whimsy make this the perfect book to read during the summer months.
I read this delightful book with @thebooksatchel and @triinbooks.
Twenty-two vignettes embracing the essence of summer, while focusing on Sophia, a six year old who is just beginning her life and her grandmother, nearing the twilight of hers. As they spend a summer together off the Finnish gulf, the reader catches a glimpse into the simple pleasures of island living.
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I read this delightful book with @thebooksatchel and @triinbooks.
Twenty-two vignettes embracing the essence of summer, while focusing on Sophia, a six year old who is just beginning her life and her grandmother, nearing the twilight of hers. As they spend a summer together off the Finnish gulf, the reader catches a glimpse into the simple pleasures of island living.
I absol ...more
3.5 . The Summer Book is a collection of vignettes about the summers that Sophie, a six year old girl, spends on a remote Finnish island with her Grandmother. There is no plot to this -- just a series of snapshots into the moments that they spend together, but that still manages to convey so much. Sophie is just figuring out things about life -- she is sweet, sometimes, and not sweet, sometimes -- and comes across exactly like a normal six year old girl. Her Grandmother is sweet, sometimes, and
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What a lovely book! Funny, interesting, paibting a beautiful picture of a Scandinavian summer.
It has been a while since I last read a book in one sitting... This one I just couldn't put down. ...more
It has been a while since I last read a book in one sitting... This one I just couldn't put down. ...more
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