Bibliograph

The morning gift, Eva Ibbotson

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The morning gift, Eva Ibbotson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The morning gift

Oclc number

171291820

Responsibility statement

Eva Ibbotson

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 7.1, 21, 21, 161497

Summary

In the opening days of World War II, paleontologist Quinton Somerville marries a young Austrian Jew, Ruth Berger, to assure her safe passage out of Vienna. Ruth is promised to her childhood sweetheart, concert pianist Heini Radek, and Somerville promises to annul the marriage as soon as they arrive in England. The annulment is not easy to obtain, however, especially when Ruth ends up in Somerville's field class as a student. Ibbotson's portrayal of the Jewish refugee situation in London is poignantly drawn. Most compelling of all is the romantic triangle made up of Ruth, her pianist, and her savior/husband/suitorWhen Hitler's troops invade Austria, Ruth has the opportunity to escape to England, but at the price of betraying her love to Heini Radek, a young prodigy studying piano at the Conservatoire in Vienna. The plot contains profanity

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