{"product_id":"9781035047147","title":"Madensky Square","description":"\u003cb\u003eA whip-smart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life, Eva Ibbotson's \u003ci\u003eMadensky Square\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic snapshot of Viennese life before World War I.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediscover Eva Ibbotson's sweeping historical romances, including \u003ci\u003eThe Morning Gift, A Song For Summer, The Secret Countess\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as \u003ci\u003eA Countess Below Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA Company of Swans,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMagic Flutes\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Heiress\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Eva Ibbotson","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | B-format paperback |  2026-02-03","offer_id":47350572548351,"sku":"9781035047147","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2dbcf9ee-903d-4dc1-b86d-46fc44b7c43f.jpg?v=1760457120","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781035047147","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}