In a series of delightful vignettes, Tove Jansson tells about the summers a grandmother, father and daughter spend on an island off the coast of Finland. This had the feel of my favourite moments in Ghibli movies - no tension, day-to-day activities made magical by the careful attention devoted to them, and the colourful character of the grandmother, who has passed the age to worry about what people might think.

A perfect, light read between two more epic ones!