{"product_id":"madensky-square-1","title":"Madensky Square","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA whip-smart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life, Eva Ibbotson's \u003ci\u003eMadensky Square \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic snapshot of Viennese life before WWI.\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 teenage 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\u003eDiscover more of Eva Ibbotson's sweeping historical romances in \u003ci\u003eMagic Flutes, The Morning Gift, The Secret Countess, A Song for Summer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Company of Swans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54763082613080,"sku":"9781035047147","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035047147.jpg?v=1769271332","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/madensky-square-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}