The Summer Book Audiobook Libro.fm

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In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summerits sunlight and stormsinto twentytwo crystalline vignettes This brief novel tells the story of Sophia a sixyearold girl awakening to existence and Sophias grandmother nearing the end of hers as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland The grandmother is unsentimental and wise if a little cranky Sophia is impetuous and volatile but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship build boats from bark create a miniature Venice write a fanciful study of local bugs They discuss things that matter to young and old alike life death the nature of God and of love On an island thinks the grandmother everything is complete In The Summer Book Jansson creates her own complete world full of the varied joys and sorrows of life