'Discovering Eva Ibbotson’s books is one of the nicest things that’s ever happened to me. The most beautiful, delicious, wry read' – Marian Keyes
A collection of eighteen romantic historical short stories from the award-winning and much-loved Eva Ibbotson. With atmospheric settings ranging from Vienna to Northumberland, A Glove Shop in Vienna explores the great passions and astute observations of everyday life.
Join Great-Uncle Max, torn between his grand and secret love for Susie, the enchanting glove shop assistant, and the devotion of his opera-singing wife. Meet 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. Agonize with Kira, a dancer in Russia's Imperial Ballet school, thrown out onto the streets of St.vPetersburg, and found by Edwin, a lonely dreamer.
'Eva Ibbotson is such a good writer that her characters break the bonds of the romantic novel' – Washington Post
Our Bookseller Says
'Eva Ibbotson is a truly hidden gem who deserves to have her novels better known. This collection of short stories is like a selection of the finest Viennese delicacies, effervescent, rich and never disappointing. Ibbotson conjures a world long gone but for which there is a certain soft lensed nostalgia and her writing is like slipping into a world none of us have ever known but it is immediately familiar and comforting. Her novels, ostensibly written for young adults, are some of the loveliest and most romantic stories and I re-read one of them at least once a year. Go and treat yourself to your new favourite author.'