Sophia and her grandmother spend the summer on a tiny island in the Finnish Gulf. The two wander around, chat, argue, and ask questions. Together with them, we experience a world full of small wonders and an all-around happy reading time. Tove Jansson, the author of the Moomin stories, incorporates many of her own experiences into this book. It is a poetic and cheerful novel that breathes the Finnish summer. "It can almost be called magical; Tove Jansson writes in simple sentences, yet with a lot of resonance. Reading it is like looking into a clear, pure body of water, where you suddenly gaze into the depths.".