Best known for her endearing children's }Moomin{ books, Tove Jansson's reputation has become even greater with the recent publication of her adult novels }A Summer Book{ and }A Winter Book{. This novel, published for the first time in English, was written when she was 75 and portrays a love between two older women, a writer and artist, as they work and travel together. With an introduction by writer Ali Smith Portrays a love between two older women, a writer and artist, as they work side-by-side in their Helsinki studios, travel together and share summers on a remote island.
