Interesting! I became aware of the Moomins fairly recently, within the past few years. Most of my experience so far has been fairly light topics; this one is out there.
My dad reading “Moominpappa at sea” to me one chapter a night as a bedtime story, is seared into my mind.
You might start with book 7. “Tales from moomivalley” as it is a collection of short stories, one of which is “The invisible child”-story that was adapted for the TV series. It’s essentially a story about child abuse, as it tells the story of Ninny, a girl who has ceased to be visible. She was abused by her guardian to the point she wished she’d cease to exist, and that is essentially what has happened, as she can be neither seen nor heard.
The Moomin family take her in and begin her recovery, by basically being kind to thin air.
The other books follow a loosely chronological order, and are full-on novels.
Interesting! I became aware of the Moomins fairly recently, within the past few years. Most of my experience so far has been fairly light topics; this one is out there.
I highly recommend the novels.
My dad reading “Moominpappa at sea” to me one chapter a night as a bedtime story, is seared into my mind.
You might start with book 7. “Tales from moomivalley” as it is a collection of short stories, one of which is “The invisible child”-story that was adapted for the TV series. It’s essentially a story about child abuse, as it tells the story of Ninny, a girl who has ceased to be visible. She was abused by her guardian to the point she wished she’d cease to exist, and that is essentially what has happened, as she can be neither seen nor heard.
The Moomin family take her in and begin her recovery, by basically being kind to thin air.
The other books follow a loosely chronological order, and are full-on novels.
I’ll do that, thank you