Summer Book but more to the point

but more to the point

Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more

at any cost: an "epic trip--through Prohibition and World War II

Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory

Summer Book but more to the pointIn 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