{"product_id":"summer-book","title":"The Summer Book","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Jansson creates her own complete world, full of the varied joys and sorrows of life.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56535119593851,"sku":"9798212152822","price":10.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/8431\/1419\/files\/imageloader_03480c65-d7a1-4a79-99f6-772e473aebed.jpg?v=1792712782","url":"https:\/\/wmashop.com\/products\/summer-book","provider":"wmashop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}