Sophia and her grandmother spend the summer in the rhythm of the sea, conversation and imagination.
Tove Jansson makes a small setting spacious through the relationship at its centre. The attraction is the room allowed for independence and affection to coexist. Choose this for a short book to read slowly: its scale invites attention to changes of mood and perspective rather than a rush towards a dramatic resolution.
WHO IS IT FOR?
For readers drawn to character, language and the tensions within ordinary lives.
