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Praise for Isabel Wolff’s previous bestsellers:
• ‘Pure feel-good escapism. Perfect’ Sophie Kinsella
• ‘A touching, compulsive read. Love it!’ OK!
• ‘Old passions are re-ignited but should Laura risk everything on a past love or stick with her safe life? A charming, funny and unpredictable read’ Company
• ‘A resigned singleton, Laura’s world is rocked when her first boyfriend reappears. Compulsive’ Heat
• ‘Funny, charming, upbeat and unputdownable’ Marian Keyes
• ‘An engaging creation with a knack in witty one-liners’
Sunday Express
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`Romance in a vintage clothes shop - we were sold from line one. Luckily, this book lives up to its hype, and is filled with all the sensory goodness that leads to inevitable comparisons to Joanne Harris - this is an author to bookmark.'
Irish Tatler
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52 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was stuck at an airport with a few hours to kill when the blurb for this book caught my interest. I picked it up found a spot to curl up in an proceeded to pass some of the most enjoyable hours I've ever spent waiting at an airport and flying home.
The story is about Phoebe Swift who after a major upheval in her life throws up her perfectly good job to open a vintage clothing store. This brings her into contact with Therese, an elderly Frenchwoman who is selling her collection of clothes except for one little blue coat. Phoebe connects with Therese as she shares the story of the blue coat.
The characters are very sympathetically drawn and the story behind the blue coat is both powerful and moving. There's not many chick lit writers who could manage a story about the holocaust as one of the key elements of their novel, and carry it off without it being maudlin or miserable.
All in all, an excellent read that I would highly recommend and that I'll be loaning to all my friends.
The story is about Phoebe Swift who after a major upheval in her life throws up her perfectly good job to open a vintage clothing store. This brings her into contact with Therese, an elderly Frenchwoman who is selling her collection of clothes except for one little blue coat. Phoebe connects with Therese as she shares the story of the blue coat.
The characters are very sympathetically drawn and the story behind the blue coat is both powerful and moving. There's not many chick lit writers who could manage a story about the holocaust as one of the key elements of their novel, and carry it off without it being maudlin or miserable.
All in all, an excellent read that I would highly recommend and that I'll be loaning to all my friends.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Extremely touching...
This is a wonderful and very moving book about friendship, regret and redemption. Firstly, its a poignant story of a friendship between two women (one old, one young) who both feel that they betrayed their best friend - one recently and one during the war. But the book also contains many humourous moments, some intriguing mysteries and a romance. It is in addition very well written - particularly so the descriptions of Provence. As for the clothes that Phoebe sells in her vintage dress shop, I can only say that now I will never look at an old garment in quite the same way. Like Isabel Wolff I will wonder what story it might tell.
This is a wonderful and very moving book about friendship, regret and redemption. Firstly, its a poignant story of a friendship between two women (one old, one young) who both feel that they betrayed their best friend - one recently and one during the war. But the book also contains many humourous moments, some intriguing mysteries and a romance. It is in addition very well written - particularly so the descriptions of Provence. As for the clothes that Phoebe sells in her vintage dress shop, I can only say that now I will never look at an old garment in quite the same way. Like Isabel Wolff I will wonder what story it might tell.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
IW's latest offering is wondeful! I enjoyed every page - the pace was perfect and the story was human and very readable.
Phoebe, early thirties, opens up a vintage clothes shop and with it, her life story unfolds. We are swept on a romantic, often witty, always poignant tale of best friends and regrets that can last a lifetime. Mrs Bell, an old lady befriended by phoebe has a sad tale to tell and through it, Phoebe is able to work through some of her own pain.
From the beginning, there is a warmth to this novel and the characterisation is superb - you get under the skin of the central characters and want to stay there. The tale is cleverly interwoven with a few interesting and relevant sub-plots that didn't feel, as they often can, superfluous and like 'padding out'...
I read this in just a couple of sittings and having read, and enjoyed, all of IW's other novels, this is probably my favourite. She writes with a maturity and emotional dexterity that was lacking in her earlier work.
Highly recommended...
Phoebe, early thirties, opens up a vintage clothes shop and with it, her life story unfolds. We are swept on a romantic, often witty, always poignant tale of best friends and regrets that can last a lifetime. Mrs Bell, an old lady befriended by phoebe has a sad tale to tell and through it, Phoebe is able to work through some of her own pain.
From the beginning, there is a warmth to this novel and the characterisation is superb - you get under the skin of the central characters and want to stay there. The tale is cleverly interwoven with a few interesting and relevant sub-plots that didn't feel, as they often can, superfluous and like 'padding out'...
I read this in just a couple of sittings and having read, and enjoyed, all of IW's other novels, this is probably my favourite. She writes with a maturity and emotional dexterity that was lacking in her earlier work.
Highly recommended...
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Loved this!
I thought this was excellent and unputdownable! It has humour, drama, teary moments and FASHION! I found the characters to be engaging and the story was extremely heart-warming - a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rebecca Watson
a real treat
I was in need of a good book that would help me unwind and put my mind off work. This is a real winner. Read more
Published 5 months ago by isabelle
Vintage fashion, romance... what's not to love? (4.5 stars)
I was so looking forward to reading this book, particularly after having recently read `The Dress' which explores a similar premise of romance and vintage clothing. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nicola F (Nic)
Easy read, not very challenging but a good way to relax
Sort of book to settle down to read with a glass of chilled wine. A charming relaxing and girly read for a relaxing night at home.
Published 9 months ago by Miss J
Heart warming.
I thoroughly enjoyed this read, it was delicate and heart warming. I really felt for the characters and was compelled to find out the secrets of Mrs Bell's blue coat. Read more
Published 11 months ago by GlitterJunkie
Fantastic book
First time of reading this author and first impressions are very good. Always wanted to keep reading and find out what's happening next, a great feel good read.
Published 11 months ago by Bronte May
Just wonderful
I read this wonderful book in almost one sitting - very unusually!
I loved the characters, the intertwining of stories and was moved to tears by the touching relationship... Read more
I loved the characters, the intertwining of stories and was moved to tears by the touching relationship... Read more
Published 12 months ago by olwen
A Vintage Affair
This book is far more interesting and not as light and frothy as the title might imply. There is more than one plot and some flashbacks which I always find makes a book more... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Peg
Tedious and Predictable
This is the 1st Isobel Wolff book I have read and I won't be reading any more. This book is so predictable and tedious that I had to force myself to finish it.
Published 19 months ago by K. Dance
Loved it!
I really loved this book, not just for the basic storyline but the undertones of Phoebes friend ship with the elder french lady and another story which develops. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Alicat10
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