Madensky Square
by:
Eva Ibbotson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099226017 (0099226014)
ASIN: 0099226014
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limite
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Fiction,
Historical
A story about Susanna Weber, who is a dressmaker, set in 1911, before the world was consumed by World War I but where sabre rattling was already starting to be heard. Anarchism is seen as an interesting hobby and life is interesting. Susanna has carved herself a life in Madensky Square, knows the ...
The book description and other reviews for this book were misleading. It wasn't at all charming, delightful or romantic. It was deeply depressing actually. Looks matter and nothing else. Women are entirely to blame for a bad marriage and men are virtuous and deceived by ugly wives.The icing on the c...
This is not quite in Ibbotson’s usual line, and I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much. Susanne is a clothing designer with a store in Madensky Square. She records life in the square, as well as her thoughts and struggles in a diary. I finished mostly because I was on an Ibbotson kick and wanted to get th...
A story about Susanna Weber, who is a dressmaker, set in 1911, before the world was consumed by World War I but where sabre rattling was already starting to be heard. Anarchism is seen as an interesting hobby and life is interesting. Susanna has carved herself a life in Madensky Square, knows the ...