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" These are questions that

” —Jonathan Tropper

and redemptive power

The nineteenth century saw greater changes than any previous era: in the ways nations and societies were organized

inside black boxes in heavily guarded buildings

The Summer Book Condition:Like New " These are questions thatIn The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summerits sunlight and stormsinto twenty two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six year old girl awakening to existence, and Sophias 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