{"product_id":"madensky-square-eva-ibbotson-9781529023046","title":"Madensky Square","description":"\u003cp\u003eA whip-smart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life, Eva Ibbotson's Madensky Square is a classic snapshot of Viennese life before WWI, with a new introduction from Laura Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSusanna Weber's dress shop stands in the picturesque Madensky Square, a quiet little world of its own, nestled in the heart of glittering pre-war Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the winter of 1910 unfurls into spring, Susanna starts a journal about life in the Square, about the buildings and their colourful inhabitants. There's Frau Schumacher, with six daughters and a baby on the way, Professor Starsky and his menagerie of sickly reptiles, an aging bookseller, a teenaged Anarchist, and little Sigi - an orphaned child prodigy forced to play the piano all day, every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's her dear friend Alice, the only person who has noticed the heartbreak that hides beneath Susanna's brisk kindness and brilliant talent . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e  \n\u003cbr\u003eDiscover more of Eva Ibbotson's sweeping historical romances in Magic Flutes, The Morning Gift, The Secret Countess, A Song for Summer and A Company of Swans, all with brand new introductions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eva Ibbotson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43174737641715,"sku":"9781529023046","price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529023046.jpg?v=1662067020","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/madensky-square-eva-ibbotson-9781529023046","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}