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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
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A grandmother spends her last summer with her granddaughter on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Tove Jansson's novel, first published in 1972. Translated by Thomas Teal. Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska. Grandmother .... Phyllida Law Grown-Up Granddaughter .... Sophie Thompson Young Grandchild .... Victoria O'Donnell Director: Marilyn Imrie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.

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