Summer with Monika is an honest & touching portrait of a romance charting the progress of a love affair from the delicious intimacy of the honeymoon with the milk bottles turning to cheese on the doorstep through the stage of quarrels jealousy recriminations & boredom to the point where love is as nice as a cup of tea in bed Re-issued for its 50th anniversary Summer with Monika is a hidden gem of British love poetry featuring beautiful illustrations from Children's Laureate Chris Riddell