By the Book-A Meant to Be Novel

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The Summer Book centers on the relationship between the impetuous six year old Sophia and her shrewd and perceptive grandmother; the interaction between the two and their adventures on a remote island in the Gulf of Finland. She's a queen, a crone, a woman who has outlived her husband and her son's wife and has “reached the age where a person can safely be truthful” about certain things.

have you ever wanted a book with a boy obsessed so obsessed it makes your heart ache and be like when is it going to be my turn, huh, god, when?Sometimes Jansson’s depiction of her male characters seems to anticipate elements of ecofeminism; just as other aspects of her story, especially her keen awareness of the fragility of wild things and the delicate balance required to sustain them, give this a distinctly eco-fictional flavour. Enter Derek Pender, a hotshot Sharks team NFL player, taking a break after a tragic injury, attempting a comeback before being replaced by a younger player or traded to another team. A heartfelt and honest story about loss, being real about your fears and the triumph of love when finding a special someone in a strange place.

Jansson loved books as a child, and set out from an early age to be an artist; her first illustration was published when she was fifteen years old; four years later a picture book appeared under a pseudonym”. All is entertainingly told and brought to life with black-and- white family snapshots and beautiful photography of the gardens that are sure to whet the appetite of anyone yet to discover the gardens themselves. My home environment, when I'm able to force my will on my roommate, is free of audio pollution like TV and radio. This clever book will appeal to all; those who are already hedgehog fans and those who are newcomers.

We miss so much if we rapidly hurtle through the world, trying to leave a mark upon it as we attempt to ensnare some sort of meaning that we can hold onto and bottle up in an airtight jar of our own identity. The tension and history between Nora and Derek made for a gripping start to the book, and reading it all fall into place pushed me to power through the book in a single sitting.

Focusing on the challenges children face today and packaging these big issues into inclusive and accessible stories for small readers to digest and discuss with friends, families and schools. Grandmother is getting up there in years, sometimes forgetting things, but still managing to take risks and find adventures. Yet the story clings onto the imagination like the trusting hand of a child, or the clutch of a dying woman, as the two characters stray into and out of life. Nothing really progresses, yet nothing really has to because The Summer Book is a vacation from the stresses and hustle of life. They make up stories and create their own little worlds made of the things the island provides – mud, wood, and rocks.So, this girl Sophia and her grandmother, and by the way, her dad is there too but in Sophia's world he's just a background force, like the weather, and not a character. Amidst all the seascapes, moody self-portraits and Moomin sketches, I was fascinated by a video exhibit that showed a loop of grainy home-movie footage: Tove and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä on their island in the Pellinkis, laughing in the sun, wearing baggy knitted jumpers, and looking – as people always do in grainy home-movie footage – especially dead.