The Summer Book: First Half

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Summer is nearly here, so it’s the perfect time to dive into Tove Jansson’s cult classic, The Summer Book, a delightful but melancholy story about the relationship between a young girl and her grandmother and their life on an island. In this episode we chatted about Jansson’s attention to the details of island itself, the unique perspectives of the two main characters, the episode nature of the story and the unique humor in each, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.8	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.2	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.6	And you are listening to Closerie, the podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing.
0:11.8	Toletianson's The Summer Book, it's a new book.
0:16.0	It's a book in keeping with the time of year.
0:18.5	We were just discussing here on the podcast, like before we hit
0:22.4	record on the podcast, rather, about how the school year is nearing the end. Or, you know, it's like
0:30.0	in those final stages of graduations and getting grading done and things like that. And
0:35.9	officially will be summer soon. So it seems right to kick off this time of year with a book called The Summer Book.
0:42.5	Heidi, before we get into the conversation.
0:44.8	How's it going?
0:45.9	It's going so great.
0:46.9	My son graduated from high school.
0:49.5	I have a homeschool child from kindergarten to graduation.
0:54.0	And I think he knows some things.
0:56.9	He turned out all right.
0:58.0	Yeah, like he has turned out all right.
1:01.7	I'm really proud of him.
1:04.9	Sean,
1:05.4	should we publicly bring up,
1:09.8	like publicly ask for a sort of background narrative of the creation of his senior photos?
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