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Especially in the summer is a novel in which the reader can take a break from big stories and serious conflicts.
The novel is based on the writer's experiences in Shanghai during World War II and in the Civilian Collection Center in Lunghua, where he was interned from 1942 to 1945. Steven Spielberg made a film of the same name based on the script by Tom Stoppard.
When Thea finds herself on a hijacked plane somewhere over the Libyan desert, her priority is to take care of two boys rescued from the war in Africa, who are now traveling with her to a new family in London.
Elizabeth tirelessly lectures and gives speeches all over the world. Although it is not entirely clear in this work where fiction ends and fiction begins, the character of Elizabeth is a metaphor for a writer who does not write but gives formal speeches.