The Summer Book Self-Help he died in a deportation

he died in a deportation camp of pneumonia

gossip traded on the street corner

undocumented Hispanic parents place their gifted son's future in the hands of educators at a remarkable elementary school

Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff

The Summer Book Self-Help he died in a deportationTitle: The Summer Book Author: Tove Jansson ISBN: 9781590172681 Publisher: NYRB Classics Published: 2008 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Later Printing Number of Pages: 184 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: Now a major motion picture starring Glenn Close and directed by Charlie McDowell In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer its sunlight and storms into twenty two crystalline