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Sculptor's Daughter

By: Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart
Narrated by: Sara Kestelman
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Dive into Tove Jansson's spellbinding memoir and be transported to early 20th-century Helsinki where you'll experience the magic and fears of a childhood infused with the freedom and natural beauty of Finland.

Hailed by Ali Smith for its evocative prose, Jansson's memoir unveils the enchantments of a world where winter ice is a playground of mysteries, balalaika parties radiate warmth, and Christmas takes on epic proportions when viewed from a child's eyes.

A universal tale that speaks to the child in all of us, Sculptor's Daughter is ideal for fans of Tove Ditlevsen's The Copenhagen Trilogy.

Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is globally cherished for creating the Moomin universe. Born in Helsinki, her tales of the Moomins captivated readers worldwide. Beyond Moominvalley, she penned profound adult novels, most notably The Summer Book.

©2024 Tove Jansson, Moomin Characters™ / Published in the English language by arrangement with Rights & Brands (P)2024 Saga Egmont Art & Literature Authors

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Read with sensitivity and gentleness. Herr is the story behind where the mommintrolls came from.

The magic of Tove’s imagination

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Lilting reading of beautiful language and imagery from the view point of a little girl in an extraordinary environment. Just lovely.

Beautiful language

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The honesty and detailed observation is remarkable and the seeds of her boundless imagination and defiantly independent thinking are clearly sown in her chilfdhood where bourgeois is a dirty word

Child’s point of view

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