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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Sophia recalls the holidays she spent with her grandmother on a Finnish island. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson.
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 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 1999.
Last on
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