The Summer Book
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The Summer Book is a book written by Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 author Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...

 in 1972.

Plot

An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter Sophia spend a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 exploring, talking about life, nature, everything but their feelings about Sophia's mother's death and their love for one another.

See also

  • Tove Jansson
    Tove Jansson
    Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...

  • Sophia Jansson - Jansson's niece and the real-life model for the character of Sophia.
  • Signe Hammarsten-Jansson
    Signe Hammarsten-Jansson
    Signe "Ham" Hammarsten-Jansson was a Swedish graphic artist who designed, among other things, around 220 Finnish postage stamps during the course of three decades...

    - Jansson's mother and the real-life model for the character of Sophia's grandmother.
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