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Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories
Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories | Eva Ibbotson
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A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories is a delightful collection of eighteen of the best of Eva Ibbotson's short stories. They range from nineteenth-century Vienna to the north of England at the end of the last century, from pre-revolutionary Russia to the devastated Brazilian Amazon. Each setting is magically recreated and peopled with the remarkable, memorable characters that are Ibbotson's trademark.In 'A Glove Shop in Vienna', the title story, Great-Uncle Max is torn between his grand and secret passion for Susie, the enchanting glove shop assistant, and the devotion of his large, opera singer wife. Here is Miss Bennett, drama mistress at the fading Markham Street Primary School, whose search for a baby Jesus for the nativity play yields unexpected and miraculous results. Nina, the beautiful chanteuse, never fails to wear a white rose for Paul, the lover who years ago disappeared to allow her success. Kira, a dancer in Russia's Imperial Ballet school, is thrown out onto the streets of St. Petersburg, and found by Edwin, a lonely dreamer. These and many more are the characters whose experience, bittersweet and incurably romantic, is the foundation for Ibbotson's vivid and unforgettable stories.
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LeahBergen
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Thank you so much for these lovely Christmas gifts, @rubyslippersreads ! I hadn‘t heard of The Darcy Myth but I‘m always down for some humorous literary criticism! And this Ibbotson edition is just so pretty! I can hardly wait to dive in.

Please thank the kitties for the KitKat sampler (they‘re the husband‘s favourite… oh oh). In the spirit of Christmas, I shall share. A little. 😆

Merry Christmas to you, my dear friend! 😘

TheBookHippie Wow so pretty! 11mo
Eyelit I got the Darcy Myth for Christmas too and it wasn‘t on my radar at all! Happy Christmas surprises! 🎄💖 11mo
LeahBergen @TheBookHippie They are! 🥰 11mo
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LeahBergen @Eyelit Doesn‘t it sound good? 👏👏 11mo
rubyslippersreads I‘m very curious about The Darcy Myth myself. It might be a good read for the #PemberLittens. 11mo
rubyslippersreads So happy you liked everything. KitKat is the only type of candy approved by Nicky & Sadie. 😽 11mo
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I was thinking that, too, about the #Pemberlittens. 👍 And Nicky and Sadie are always so thoughtful. 😆 11mo
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xicanti
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I‘m reading Eva Ibbotson by treelight tonight.

This collection is mixed. Most of the pieces are affecting, but several of them have unpleasant gender dynamics that mar otherwise interesting setups. The offputting comments all come from male POV characters, so I think maybe Ibbotson‘s modelling period attitudes in a less successful way than she does in her novels.

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TheEllieMo
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 28
#BooksToRead #TBRPile

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LitDrivenGirl
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Part one of my Jolabokaflod haul with my sister @biblio_ginger 😎. She never ceases to amaze me with her book giving skills! I have wanted a copy of Ibbotson's 'A Glove Shop in Vienna' for as long as I can remember. #bookflood #bookhaul #sisters