Summer Book 4th Order From the editor in chief

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch

resists the crush of commerce at the U

the Joshua Tree

light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar

She has arrived early at her future in-laws' lake house in Salish

Summer Book 4th Order From the editor in chiefIn The Summer Book 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