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Sculptor's Daughter

by Tove Jansson · 1968

Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice… more

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Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.
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I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards.
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Life is an isle of sorrow, you live today and die tomorrow!
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Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.
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And if one doesn't dare to do something immediately then one never does it.
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She put on a white dress and went around all day with roses in her hair and sang hymns.
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There one is safe. In a museum or in a lap or in a tree. Perhaps under the bedclothes. But the best thing of all is to sit high up in a tree, that is if one isn't still inside one's Mummy's tummy.
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Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree.Published in a deluxe hardback edition for Christmas 2013, to mark the centenary of Tove Jansson's birth (1914-2014)

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First published
1968
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3.97 (4k ratings)

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