The Morning Gift

''A perfect marriage of deep romance and gently observed social comedy . . . It is flawless. I cannot imagine this book not making your heart swoon and your day brighter'' Jenny Colgan ''Sophisticated, brilliantly plotted and gloriously funny'' Amanda Craig, Guardian Spring 1938: as Hitler marches into Austria, Ruth Berger''s family is forced to flee, but a devastating misunderstanding leaves her alone in Nazi-occupied Vienna. There is no hope of escape until a chance meeting with an old family friend, Quinton Somerville, offers her refuge through a marriage of convenience. On arrival in London, Ruth and Quin find that dissolving their marriage is not as simple as they had thought, nor is keeping it secret. As war approaches, how will Ruth start a new life if she is not able to break away from the past? The Morning Gift by award-winner Eva Ibbotson is a modern classic of unexpected love, independence and belonging during World War II.

Product details

• Authors: Eva Ibbotson, Ibbotson Eva
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.03.2025
• EAN: 9781035047086
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3504708-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); London, Greater London, austria, Historical romance, Central London, Vienna, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II