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Title details for The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - Wait list

The Summer Book

by Tove Jansson
Thomas Teal
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In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's 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.

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  • Release date

    February 28, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781541426498
      • File size: 130059 KB
      • Duration: 04:30:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      If ever there was an audiobook that conjures the timeless feeling of languid summer days, this gem is it. Natasha Soudek narrates these vignettes of a grandmother and her young granddaughter, Sophia, who are spending their summer together on a small island in the Gulf of Finland, where they go on adventures, exploring their environs and conversing about life. Soudek is expressive as she portrays the gravelly voiced, sometimes prickly grandmother and the emotive, excitable, curious child. Overall, the pacing is slow in a good way as a contemplative, dreamy feeling evokes the sense of being on a small island, surrounded by the treasures of nature, with nothing particularly urgent to do. S.E.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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