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The Morning Gift

By: Eva Ibbotson
Narrated by: Kate Lock
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Ruth lives in Vienna and is wildly in love with Heini Radik, a brilliant young pianist. When Hitler’s forces invade, Ruth’s family flees to London, but she cannot get a passport.

Quin, a young professor and friend of the family, visits Ruth and offers a marriage of convenience. On their return to London, Quin begins to fall desperately in love with her. But then Heini turns up.…

©1993 Eva Ibbotson (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction England War
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I really liked the story although I think the ending could be improved, and I really liked the voices, but I found it too long and drawn out as audio and might go for the short version next time.

Good book

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The voices can be over the top and even difficult to understand, the misunderstandings unbelievably farcical...and yet it is impossible not to be a little charmed and carried away.

a classic romance novel

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a good book completely ruined by the reading. I have had to stop listening because of the comical voices adopted by the reader. Do all Austrians really sound like cartoon characters? I suspect this is a really good and when I have recovered I will try and read it myself.

worst reading ever

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