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Book Club
Book Club

Sun, 27 Jul

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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

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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

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