A Song For Summer by Eva Ibbotson

A Song For Summer by Eva Ibbotson

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As Hitler's Reich casts its menacing shadow over Europe, Ellen Carr, daughter of a militant suffragette and raised to be an intellectual, takes a job in Austria as housemother at the Hallendorf School of Music, Drama and Dance. What she finds there is an eccentrically magical world.

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A Song For Summer by Eva Ibbotson

When Ellen Carr, daughter of a militant suffragette and raised to be an intellectual, takes a job in Austria as housemother at the Hallendorf School of Music, Drama and the Dance she simply wants to cook beautiful food. What she finds when she reaches Schloss Hallendorf is an eccentrically magical world occupied by wild children, naked Harmony teachers, experimental dancers and a tortoise on wheels. But idyllic as this life appears, outside the castle Hitler's Reich is already casting its menacing shadow over Europe and the persecutions have begun. Through her growing friendship with the mysterious groundsman Marek, Ellen ecounters the dreadful reality of flight from Nazi Germany - and, on the brink of war, discovers a passion that will shape her life. In this witty, touching and above all delightful novel, Eva Ibbotson combines an immensely satisfying love story with a gripping account of the gathering storm of war. A Song for Summer is a joy to read.
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ISBN 13 9780099256861
ISBN 10 009925686X
Title A Song For Summer
Author Eva Ibbotson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 1997-09-04
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.