I cannot take credit for the recommendation of "The Summer Book," by Tove Jansson, as a wonderful quarantine read. I learned about it in the April 2020 posting on Literary Hub suggesting good quarantine reads.
But I can tell you it is the only book that I have read three times, each time savoring the story of 6-year-old Sophia and her elderly grandmother spending the summer on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland. Their relationship with one another and with the natural world is moving, oftentimes funny, and endlessly interesting.
Paula Roe, Naples, Fla.
Quarantine Reads are recommendations of soothing books during fraught times. Send your suggestion, with your name and city, to books@startribune.com.
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