Sun, 27 Jul
|Solar Sisters
Book Club
Monthly book club. Read this month’s book, join the club to share notes and have a relaxed discussion about what you thought :)
Time & Location
27 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 BST
Solar Sisters, 86 North St, Guildford GU1 4AU, UK
About the event
"The Summer Book" By Tove Jansson
An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny
island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and
yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the
summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of
brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove
Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her
adult novels.
Upcoming Book Clubs
Sun Aug 31st: "The Bees" By Carol Ann Duffy
Sun Sep 28th: "Yellowface" By Rebecca F. Kuang
Sun Oct 26th: "The Spring of Kasper Meier" By Ben Fergusson
Sun Nov 30th: "The Nightingale" By Kristin Hannah