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What a beautiful book. I want to go live on an island now.
This kind of pure, effortless prose, which hides an unknowable depth, is I feel the product of long, careful thought. It's wonderful nature writing, yes, but it's also a wise and profound meditation on aging and death, living with nature including all its gifts as well as its force and uncertainty, grief and longing, and solitude. I can't quite articulate my feelings about The Summer Book just yet. There is only this achy feeling in my chest.
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A spellbinding intergenerational journey, where wisdom and wonder collide, navigating grief through enchanting nature adventures seasoned with humor.
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A spellbinding intergenerational journey, where wisdom and wonder collide, navigating grief through enchanting nature adventures seasoned with humor.
Check my final thoughts here:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/05/17/... ...more
Aug 04, 2016
Mihiret
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it was amazing
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Quietly amazing.
Jan 11, 2017
Pamela Hardy
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really liked it
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Apr 24, 2019
sisilia
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it was amazing
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Jun 30, 2019
Rattlebag
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really liked it
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May 12, 2019
ariella
marked it as to-read
