Moominvalley in November

Moominvalley in November is the ninth and final book in the Moomin series by Finnish author Tove Jansson, and was first published in her native Swedish in 1970, and in English in 1971. Set contemporaneously with her 1965 novel Moominpappa at Sea, it is the only book in the series where the titular Moomin family are absent. Instead it focuses on a set of other characters, including Toft and Snufkin, who come to live at Moominhouse during the onset of winter whilst its inhabitants are away, and their interactions with each other.