{"product_id":"the-summer-book","title":"The Summer Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tove Jansson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40607091916962,"sku":"9780954221713","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/thesummerbook.png?v=1785165030","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/the-summer-book","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}