Author | Tove Jansson |
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Original title | Sommarboken |
Country | Finland |
Language | Swedish |
Publisher | Sort of Books |
Published in English
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2003 |
The Summer Book (in the original Swedish Sommarboken) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1972.
An elderly woman and her six-year-old granddaughter Sophia spend a summer together on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland exploring, talking about life, nature, everything but their feelings about Sophia's mother's death and their love for one another.