{"product_id":"the-summer-book","title":"The Summer Book","description":"SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING GLENN CLOSE - IN CINEMAS AUGUST 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTove Jansson's classic, bestselling novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Distils the essence of summer' Robert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e'Magical, life-affirming' Elizabeth Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. With a foreword by Esther Freud and an afterword by Sophia Jansson (on whom the child 'Sophia' is based) who returns to the island during the pandemic at the point of becoming a grandmother herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a 15pp epilogue by Tove's niece Sophia Jansson - the inspiration for 'Sophia' - on a personal and moving return to the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. This is a book for life.' Esther Freud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tove Jansson was a genius. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny.' Philip Pullman","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54086370132306,"sku":"9780954221713","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_8446948d-acdf-408b-bfc8-3c29ae5962b5.jpg?v=1784903564","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-summer-book","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}