Isabel Wolff

Do fairytale dresses bring fairytale endings? Every dress has a history, so does Phoebe! Phoebe always dreamt of opening her own vintage dress shop. She imagined every detail, from the Vivienne Westwood bustiers hanging next to satin gowns, to sequinned cupcake dresses adorning the walls. At the launch of Village Vintage, Phoebe feels the tingle of excitement as customers snap up the fairytale dresses. Her dream has come true, but a secret from her past is casting a shadow over her new venture. Then one day she meets Therese, an elderly Frenchwoman with a collection to sell, apart from one piece that she won't part with ! As Therese tells the story of the little blue coat, Phoebe feels a profound connection with her own life, one that will help her heal the pain of her past and allow her to love again.

A Vintage Affair

Rose à la rescousse

A woman's life is turned upside down when her husband goes out one day and never comes back.Sometimes the questions you ask yourself are the hardest ones to answer...Laura Quick's life is as out of control as her mop of unruly curls. With her shabby-chic flat on Portobello Road - complete with psychic neighbour - and her work for a chaotic TV company, Laura is anything but conventional.So she's the most unlikely candidate to present a quirky new quiz show. But her boss, Tom, see that her quickwittedness and her knack for general knowledge maker her the ideal choice.It's the chance of a lifetime - and when old flame Luke turns up out of the blue, Laura's sisters think also it's time for Laura to move on and lay to rest the memory of her husband, Nick.But dating Luke again is a step back in time - and spells trouble. Luke is every bit as attractive as when he broke her heart. His wit and charm - not to mention his talent for trivia - captivate her once again. But this time around he's got a 6-year-old daughter in tow - as well as an ex-wife whose behaviour is less than charming.As Laura questions whether to gamble everything on a past love, she must also face up to the unexpected truth about Nick and the life she thought she once knew...

A Question of Love

Out Of The Blue by Isabel Wolff released on Jan 24, 2003 is available now for purchase.

Out of the Blue

The sparkling new novel from the bestselling author of 'A Question of Love.' It's never easy putting down new roots... After the sudden death of her mother, Anna Temple realises she needs to live for the moment and pursue her dream of becoming a garden designer. Swapping hedge funds for herbaceous borders, and shares for scented stocks, she says goodbye to City life for a fresh start in the country. But on the eve of her sparkling new future she meets the gorgeous Xan and their chance encounter changes her world in more ways than she could ever imagined - enter baby Milly. Juggling her new business with the joys and fears of motherhood is a struggle, especially alone and when Anna unearths a long-buried family secret, skeletons tumble from the closet. Suddenly nothing is as it seems, past or present...

Forget Me Not

Nom : Trott Prénom : Tiffany Age : trente-sept ans Situation : célibataire Caractère : gaie, active, pétillante Allure : séduisante Objectif : cherche désespérément partenaire idéal, catégorie mari parfait, tendance fusion absolue Motivation : totale Quel est celui qui pourra faire son bonheur ?

Les tribulations de Tiffany Trott

As an animal behaviourist, Miranda Sweet's good at understanding pets, but she can't grasp why the men in her life always behave so badly. When she meets a new man, her past catches up with her and she has to look at her own behaviour, which hasn't always been as sweet as she'd like to think.

Behaving Badly

Passione vintage

Where the eye sees the brushstroke, the heart sees the truth. At thirty-five, Gabriella “Ella” Graham is a successful portrait artist in London. She captures the essential truth in each of her subjects’ faces—a tilt of the chin, a glint in the eye—and immortalizes it on canvas. But closer to home, Ella finds the truth more elusive. Her father abandoned the family when she was five, and her mother has remained silent on the subject ever since. Ella’s sister, Chloe, is engaged to Nate, an American working in London, but Ella suspects that he may not be so committed. Then, at Chloe’s behest, Ella agrees to paint Nate’s portrait. From session to session, Ella begins to see Nate in a different light, which gives rise to conflicted feelings. In fact, through the various people she paints—including an elderly client reflecting on her life and a woman dreading the prospect of turning forty—Ella realizes that there is so much more to a person’s life than what is seen on the surface. And as her portraits of Nate and the others progress, they begin to reveal less about their subjects than about the artist herself. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.

A Novel

The Very Picture of You

In a hilarious romantic romp, Tiffany Trott, an attractive and eligible young woman with a record of complete failure with men, searches everywhere for the man of her dreams, no matter who he turns out to be, in the first U.S. publication of an acclaimed British novel. Reprint.

The Trials of Tiffany Trott

After her fiance leaves her at the altar, radio reporter Minty Malone cuts loose and begins a life-changing adventure instead.

Making Minty Malone

A childhood mistake. A lifetime of regrets. Jenni is a 'ghost': she writes the lives of other people. It's a job that suits her well. Still haunted by a childhood tragedy, she finds it easier to take refuge in the memories of others rather than dwell on her own. Jenni has an exciting new commission, and is delighted to start working on the memoirs of a Dutchwoman, Klara. As a child in the Second World War, Klara was interned in a camp on Java during the Japanese occupation - she has an extraordinary story of survival to tell. But as Jenni and Klara begin to get to know each other, Jenni begins to do much more than shed light on a neglected part of history. She is being forced to examine her own devastating memories, too. But with Klara's help, perhaps this is finally the moment where she will be able to lay the ghosts of her own past to rest? Gripping, poignant and beautifully researched, 'Ghostwritten' is a story of survival and love, of memory and hope.

Ghostwritten

Faith Smith, AM-UK!'s face of the morning weather, is used to delivering the forecast. But this surprisingly unglam celeb is not used to being told the forecast—especially when it concerns her own marriage. After years of wedded bliss, there isn't much about her husband, Peter, that this thirty-five-year-old doesn't know. In fact, her quiet family life seems almost too comfy...until a casual remark from Faith's ultra-glam best friend plants a seed of doubt that takes root and strangles all sense of Faith's contentedness. Faith begins to assess everything about her mild life—snippets of conversation, Peter's surprising new look, the attentions of a handsome new acquaintance and the small fire burning inside her, licking at the possibility that, out of the blue, her life is about to change....

Out Of The Blue

A childhood mistake. A lifetime of regrets—the poignant and bittersweet new novel from beloved writer Isabel Wolff, author of A Vintage Affair Jenni loves her job as a ghostwriter—it satisfies her insatiable curiosity about people, and she’s helped create everything from cookbooks to celebrity biographies. It also means that she can hide behind the stories of others, and not think about her own life too much . . . But when she starts work on the wartime memoirs of a survivor from the Japanese internment camps in Java, striking coincidences force Jenni to examine her role in a tragedy that has haunted her since childhood. Gripping, moving and beautifully researched, Ghostwritten delivers Isabel Wolff ’s signature blend of pathos, mystery and romance. Wolff’s legions of fans and new readers alike will be riveted by this touching, layered story, which sheds light on a forgotten chapter of history and shimmers with an element of the supernatural that will send tingles down the reader’s spine. “A brilliant, tender and thought-provoking read.” —THE LADY

A touching tale of grief, gardening, family secrets and second chances from the internationally best-selling author of 'A Vintage Affair'.

Los viejos vestidos vintage, ahora tan de moda, esconden historias que resumen una vida entera. Eso lo sabe muy bien Phoebe Swift, que a los 33 años renuncia a su lugar de trabajo en la prestigiosa galería de arte Sotheby's para abrir una tienda de ropa y accesorios de otros tiempos en un suburbio de Londres. Rodeada de exquisitas piezas, Phoebe se prepara para comenzar de nuevo, mostrando a las jóvenes de hoy la hermosura de esas prendas tan femeninas. Corre la voz por el barrio, las mujeres poco a poco van acercándose a la tienda, y al salir del probador y mirarse al espejo, descubren algo nuevo de sí mismas. Un día Phoebe visita a Thérèse, una anciana francesa que desea vender toda su fabulosa colección de vestidos, a excepción de una prenda: un abrigo de niña azul. Las dos traban amistad y finalmente Thérèse, gravemente enferma, decide revelar a Phoebe la historia del abrigo, que la lleva a recordar los tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando ella era una niña y vivía en Avignon. Entre vestidos espléndidos, cálidos gestos de amistad y tragedias imposibles de olvidar, discurre esta hermosa novela, que cosiendo retales del pasado da un nuevo valor a nuestro presente.

Una pasión vintage

Do fairytale dresses bring fairytale endings?

A Vintage Affair: A page-turning romance full of mystery and secrets from the bestselling author

With the end of her marriage and her job as an advice columnist in jeopardy, Rose Costelloe takes in a new roommate, a geeky accountant with a passion for astronomy.

Rescuing Rose

Sweet-natured reporter, Minty, jilted at the very altar, decides that she's not going to be quite so sweet any more. A Sunday Times bestselling early novel from the author of 'A Vintage Affair'.

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