Notes from an Island by Tuulikki Pietilä, Tove Jansson

Notes from an Island

Tuulikki Pietilä, Tove Jansson with Thomas Teal (Translator)

94 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir reflective relaxing slow-paced
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In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunström, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless skerry in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, and for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the gra...

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Moods

reflective 68%
relaxing 55%
adventurous 42%
inspiring 42%
emotional 31%
lighthearted 26%
hopeful 15%
funny 13%
informative 10%
sad 5%
mysterious 2%

Pace

slow 54%
medium 27%
fast 18%

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