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Isabel Wolff

Autor(a) de A Vintage Affair

12 Works 2,639 Membros 161 Críticas 4 Favorited

About the Author

Isabel Wolff was born in Warwickshire, England, and attended Cambridge University. She worked for BBC World Service radio for twelve years as a producer and reporter in Features and Current Affairs. She also wrote freelance articles for many magazines and newspapers including The Spectator, the mostrar mais Evening Standard, and the Independent. In 1997, the Daily Telegraph commissioned her to write a comic, girl-about-town column, Tiffany Trott. Within a month of the first column appearing, she was signed by HarperCollins to turn Tiffany's adventures into a book. Her other novels include Forget Me Not and A Vintage Affair. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Isabel Wolff

A Vintage Affair (2009) 956 exemplares
The Trials of Tiffany Trott (1998) 302 exemplares
Making Minty Malone (1999) 279 exemplares
Rescuing Rose (2002) 238 exemplares
The Very Picture of You (2011) 201 exemplares
Behaving Badly (2003) 184 exemplares
Out of the Blue (2001) 170 exemplares
A Question of Love (2005) 104 exemplares
Ghostwritten (2014) 104 exemplares
Forget Me Not (2007) 99 exemplares

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Hay personas que cuando entran en una tienda sólo ven hilos, botones y lazos, dispuestos más o menos elegantemente, en forma de pantalón o camisa. Pero desengañémonos, la ropa o, mejor dicho, la ropa vintage, es mucho más que eso. Los vestidos del pasado hablan de la vida de los otros, de aquellos que amaron y sufrieron cuando nuestras madres ni siquiera eran hijas. Las faldas, los cancanes, las blusas y los bolsos abrigaron los sueños de otras mujeres y, de algún modo, nos enseñan a perseguir los nuestros.
Así es como piensa Phoebe, que acaba de montar su propia tienda vintage en Blackheath, el corazón de Londres. La gente le ha dicho que está loca. ¿Cómo se ha atrevido a abrir su propio negocio con la crisis actual? Pero la ropa es su pasión. Ha trabajado duro, ha elegido las prendas adecuadas. Esta tarde es la inauguración oficial, el comienzo de una gran aventura. Phoebe todavía ignora que esas prendas del pasado le cambiarán la vida.
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Natt90 | 75 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2023 |
"¿Tenemos que pintar lo que vemos en un rostro, lo que trasmite, o lo que esconde?", pregunta Picasso. Corre de cuenta de un buen artista ir más allá de las apariencias y plasmar en un lienzo ese rasgo único que muestra cuerpo y alma de la persona retratada.
Gabriella Graham lo sabe muy bien, y en sus retratos se nota ese don por captar la esencia de una persona. Sus cliente la admiran, confían en ella y le cuentan sus propias historias, pero entre las cuatro paredes de su propia casa no es tan fácil distinguir la verdad.
El padre abandonó a la familia cuando ella y su hermana Chloe aún eran niñas, y esa lejanía ha ido creando malentendidos. Además, Chloe está a punto de casarse con Nate, un hombre del que Ella desconfía y el mundo de la joven pintora parece tambalearse, hasta que un buen día Nate se sienta delante de su caballete, dipuesto a posar para un retrato.
Día tras día, sesión tras sesión, nacerá entre los dos un nuevo sentimiento. Ella irá descubriendo quién es de verdad ese hombre que tanto atrae a su hermana y, lo que es más, sabrá por fin algo de sí misma que se había empeñado en esconder entre lienzos y pinceles.
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Natt90 | 31 outras críticas | Nov 30, 2022 |
Jenni is a ghostwriter haunted by a tragedy in her past. She and Rick, her partner, are experiencing a relationship crisis over disagreement about whether or not to have children. They attend a wedding, where Jenni finds out about an opportunity to ghost-write a memoir for the mother of one of the wedding guests. She decides to take the commission, which brings her to the location of her past tragedy.

Her subject, Klara, was interned by the Japanese in Java, Indonesia (then called Dutch East Indies), during WWII. Klara and her family experience tremendous suffering. Through interviews, Jenni serves as a sympathetic listener, as Klara gradually discloses memories she has never discussed with her family. In talking through their mutual tragedies, they find a measure of solace.

Klara’s story serves as the primary focus of the narrative, and it is set in Java. Jenni’s backstory is discussed during breaks in the interviews. The book is obviously well-researched. The fictional Klara is based on historic truth and the sources are included in a bibliography at the end.

It is multi-layered and well-crafted. The author has done a great job with the intertwined stories. We gradually learn more about the people and what happened to them. I found myself engrossed in the story and looked forward to picking it up.

I often tell people that there are so many lesser-known stories of WWII, and this is an example. We get a grounding in what was going on in Indonesia at the time – the Dutch colonial residents, the landscapes, the local people, the racial prejudices, the Japanese occupation, the transports, the aftermath leading to Indonesian independence, and all of it told through an emotional story of one family. Add to that the sympathetic character of the ghostwriter, and it is just a wonderful reading experience.

It reminds me a bit of The Garden of Evening Mists, which is set in Malaysia during the Japanese occupation and is another book I highly recommend.
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Castlelass | 26 outras críticas | Oct 30, 2022 |
A Vintage Affair hit the spot! The main character, previously employed by Sotheby's in London, opens her own vintage clothing store. We peek into the lives of the people who come to sell clothes and people who come to buy. We also meet boyfriends and friends from the past. Just a warning that this is not a bubble headed always feel good story, included is a character who is haunted by the betrayal of a Jewish girl during WWII and the death of the pirmary character's best friend. A really good read that will keep you engaged until the last page. This is the first book I've read by Isabell Wolff but will be looking for more.… (mais)
 
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clue | 75 outras críticas | Oct 3, 2022 |

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Obras
12
Membros
2,639
Popularidade
#9,731
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
161
ISBN
178
Línguas
15
Marcado como favorito
4
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