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You can watch The Summer Book (2025) for free on Kanopy.

The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.

The Summer Book is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, grandparent grandchild relationship, coming of age. It also touches on death of mother and finland.

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