{"product_id":"letters-from-tove","title":"Tove Jansson: Letters from Tove [2019] hardback","description":"'[The letters] cover war, fame and her first infatuation with another woman...all related in a voice that is funny, gracious, intimate' The Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I find myself talking to you about   all the great joys, all the agonies, all my thoughts...\" - Letter to Eva   Konikova, 1946 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Out of   the thousands of letters Tove Jansson wrote a cache remains that she   addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and   female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals   and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling   intimacy and a rare privilege.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenned   with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless   commentary on Tove Jansson's life as it unfolds within Helsinki's bohemian   circles and her island home. Spanning fifty years between her art studies and   the height of Moomin fame, we share with her the bleakness of war; the hopes   for love that were dashed and renewed, and her determined attempts to   establish herself as an artist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid,   inspiring and shining with integrity, Letters   from Tove shows precisely   how an aspiring and courageous young artist can evolve into a very great one.","brand":"Jansson, Tove \u0026 Westin, Boel \u0026 Svensson, Helen \u0026 Death, Sarah","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46544240542035,"sku":"9781908745729","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47887614443859,"sku":"XG81908745729","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/jansson-tove-westin-boel-svensson-helen-death-sarah-tove-jansson-letters-from-tove-2019-hardback-55153730158931.jpg?v=1726463474","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/letters-from-tove","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}