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A Vintage Affair

by Isabel Wolff (Goodreads Author)

3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 · rating details · 7,412 ratings · 1,350 reviews

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...more

Published January 19th 2009 (first published 2009)

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Mar 17, 2010 MB rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Vintage fashion aficionados, & fans of Lisa Jewell, Katie Fforde, Trisha Ashley and Marian Keyes

Shelves: romance-and-chicklit, fashion, read-in-2010

Enjoyable! I wish there were pictures of the clothes.

FYI, this is light on the romance side but heavy on the story, which I think was a good thing in this case. (But if you're looking for chick lit heavy on the sexy side this is not it.) I liked the story and was (frankly) glad she wrote it that way...(I wasn't crazy about the men, anyway.)

Her books are harder to get in the U.S. but I recommend them if you can find them. They strike that nice balance between fluffy and somewhat substantive.

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Apr 10, 2011 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

Very cute! I liked that it focused more on a storyline than just romance. As Tammi mentioned, this would make an adorable movie. I'd love to see all those beautiful dresses on film. This made me want to go vintage dress shopping ASAP!

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Aug 03, 2010 CLM rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to CLM by: Danielle

Shelves: chick-lit, uk, 21st-century

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Among B&N booksellers who helped choose the book, Amy Abst of Duluth, Minn., said, "I want to share it with my mother, my sisters, and my friends. And don't even get me started on the vintage clothes! Lovely!"

B&N said the book "tells the story of Phoebe Swift, a young Londoner whose decision to quit her job, break her engagement, and open a vintage clothing boutique strikes some as peculiar. 'I felt I needed a change,' Phoebe explains to an attractive journalist just b...more

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Mar 10, 2011 Autumn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fasion lovers.

Shelves: fiction, contemp-romance, chick-lit, i-own

3.5 stars

This was one charming story! it worked for me in some aspects, alas didnt in other regards that i thought were fundamental for this kind of theme to make a "wow" effect.

Firstly let me start with the fact that Wolff did an amazing job showcasing the Vintage fashion from all its angles. She goes into great detail of the designers of this era and what lead them to success. She really represented them as a competitive art not as the frivolous passion society has the tendency to embrace. S...more

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May 14, 2010 Colleen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This well-written and moving book tells the story of the power of love and of friendship. Phoebe, struggling to overcome the loss of her best friend (and subsequently her fiance) uproots herself from the life she has known and follows her heart to start a business focused on her passion for vintage clothes. Therese is approaching the end of her life, and seeks to pass along her clothes and her stories, and to alleviate her guilt for an error committed long ago. These two stories intertwine in wa...more

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Mar 22, 2010 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads

A Vintage Affair. Isabel Wolff. 2010. Bantam Books. 344 pages.

Isabel Wolff's style continues to improve as the years pass, and A Vintage Affair is her best book to date.

A Vintage Affair tells the story of a new beginning in Phoebe Swift's life after her best friend dies. At the height of her career, Phoebe opens Village Vintage, a shop specializing in selling authentic and vintage clothing made by the most coveted labels in the fashion world. Elements of her new life weave quite the intricate we...more

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Sep 06, 2009 Blodeuedd Finland rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

I have a hard time coming up with a genre for this one, reviews have said it's a lovely romantic comedy and she is described as writing chick-lit. But first there is no humor in this one, and yes it has romance but not any more than a normal book. It's not focused on the romance., and i don't want to call it chick-lit. Let's just call it a "normal" book with romantic tendencies. But the book is so much more than that, it's about friendship and loss, and there is a story about WWII that almost br...more
I have a hard time coming up with a genre for this one, reviews have said it's a lovely romantic comedy and she is described as writing chick-lit. But first there is no humor in this one, and yes it has romance but not any more than a normal book. It's not focused on the romance., and i don't want to call it chick-lit. Let's just call it a "normal" book with romantic tendencies. But the book is so much more than that, it's about friendship and loss, and there is a story about WWII that almost breaks my heart and I keep on hoping.

Phoebe has lost her best friend and she is trying to cope with that, she has left her boyfriend, and she blames herself, him, and she missed Emma. How she die you learn after awhile as Phoebe talks with the old lady telling her story about Emma, their friendship and how it all ended. She is trying to go on and she has bought a store and transformed it into a vintage store since that is the clothes she love. Then one day she gets a call from an old French woman who wants to sell her clothes, but in her closet there is a little blue coat and Phoebe gets to hear a story as she visits, a story about friendship during a hard time in occupied France. There are similarities between their stories and perhaps they can find forgiveness and friendship in each other.

I enjoyed this book a lot and I could not put it down. Isabel Wolf weaves a wonderful and delightful story and the corner stones are the vintage clothes that Phoebe sells. They make the story. I feel like I want to wear them too, even though I am like Phoebe's mum, I don't want to wear old clothes. But they seem so lovely, and unique. She explains about the clothes, their history and meaning. Even if I don't know everything she makes me know.

There are sad parts too, I had hope for so long time and kept turning the page and wanting. To learn the truth, and I did feel sad at times. It does deal with some heavy things.

And yes there is some romance, she meets a man, is he the man, or is someone else for her. But I was always more fascinated in Phoebes relationship with the old woman, and the two stories belonging to that. But the romance needed to be had so she could move on and love again, because I wanted her to be happy. There is also the story about her parents and the search for understanding and forgiveness there, so there are some themes that echo in the book.

Delightful and wonderful is how I would like to describe it. It makes me want to go out and find a vintage shop. A very sweet read that made me hold my breath at times.(less)

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Sep 09, 2011 Dina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, chick-lit, general-fiction, life-lessons, relationships

Although the details of the vintage clothing industry were interesting, I was frustrated by Phoebe's romance with a doting, rich, over-protective father of a teenage daughter. As she pursues the relationship Phoebe misses clue after clue that she will always play second fiddle in this triangle. Lucky for her there's a less attractive, more down-to-earth guy waiting in the wings ready to step in. But, for me, the interplay of both relationships feels contrived--and Phoebe seems much too smart to...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a fun book. I almost gave it 4 stars. If you like vintage clothing and fashion you will love this easy read and enjoyable story. I love how it incorporated an important historical story though the eyes of an old woman who befriends the main character. I liked how this character developed, and the beauty that the author portrays through the vintage clothing is terrific.

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Feb 17, 2013 Regi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I really hated many of the characters in this book. I have been trying to expand my reading lists and I'm starting to see that perhaps the female bonding novels are not my cup of tea. Like real people, characters in books have flaws, but you - I - hope for resolution, growth, some indication of improvement and I didn't see that here. Didn't need a "happily ever after" ending but didn't need the ending here either.

I was drawn to this book because I love everything British and a book by a Brit aut...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

It was a fun, light read into the world of vintage clothes, a romance, family life, and even WWII German occupation of France and subsequent deportation of French Jews. Phoebe falls in love with her best friend's crush. It's love but of course, making this choice to follow through hurts her friendship. Through no real fault of her own, something tragic follows and Phoebe decides to change her life, to move forward and follow her dreams, while still holding onto guilt. She helps her mother go thr...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Danielle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-favorites, books-i-own, chicklit, favorite-authors, favorites, for-review

Two women from very different times and life circumstances are interwoven to tell the story of friendships had and then lost suddenly. It is through the shared interest in a small handmade coat that Phoebe and Therese find that their journeys are not so different and that overcoming guilt can be almost as difficult as the loss itself. In this beautifully illustrated story by Isabel Wolff we can begin to see just how important those small connections can be in moving forward and truly appreciatin...more Two women from very different times and life circumstances are interwoven to tell the story of friendships had and then lost suddenly. It is through the shared interest in a small handmade coat that Phoebe and Therese find that their journeys are not so different and that overcoming guilt can be almost as difficult as the loss itself. In this beautifully illustrated story by Isabel Wolff we can begin to see just how important those small connections can be in moving forward and truly appreciating the lives we now have.

From an outsider’s viewpoint Phoebe and Therese couldn’t be more different. Phoebe is a young and now successful vintage clothing seller and has everything to look forward to in her seemingly wonderful life. Therese is a frail eighty year old woman coming to the end of a long life of experiences, some good and others very disheartening. But looking closer, you see that they are more similar than a cursory glance would give you insight into. Each carries with them a heavy burden of guilt, in addition to the loss of someone they held most dear for so much of their lives. This guilt initially binds them together, but it is their joint triumph and friendship that finally becomes the sealant to their somewhat peculiar relationship. And all of this began with a simple coat handmade by Therese’s own mother.

It was also the beautiful writing of Wolff that helped you appreciate the more difficult situations in A Vintage Affair. Therese’s story of her friend and the loss associated with that was so beautifully written that I felt she truly did justice to the heartbreak that revolved around those years of Nazi occupation in Europe. In Miles’ struggle with the loss of his first wife and now the control over his over-indulged daughter Roxy, you see new insight into the life of a single parent struggling to make things right. A young teenager, Katie, has a desire to be kind and work hard for what she is given. It is even in Dan and his eagerness and spontaneity that light up the room when he enters to block out even the most harrowing of days. These and so many others in the story make up the wonderful story that Wolff tells with ease.

Most of all Phoebe and her love of vintage clothing with her determination to move forward are the two things I most admired. Her character was rich and in every way I could relate to her desire to move forward, to make a path for herself by doing something she had a passion for. It was Isabel Wolff’s descriptions that made Phoebe’s passion shine through. Every time Phoebe picked up an article of clothing or saw one in any setting, you almost felt as though you could feel the satin of the dress or possibly devour the lusciously delightful “cupcake” dresses. Each experience was so personal and beautifully written that I couldn’t manage to put the book down. In fact, I read it in its entirety in one day.

In so many ways I loved this book, but in one way I struggled with it tremendously. Without giving away too much of the book I will say, I had a friend much like Emma in the book and it has taken me some time to come to terms with that experience in my life. Perhaps that is part of why I connected so well, but I’m positive it is only part of the reason. Phoebe’s story and her journey to a point of happiness in her life were inspiring.

A Vintage Affair is definitely a book that I will be recommending to friend after friend for some time to come. Phoebe and Therese, as well as all the characters in the book, came alive as I read the pages. Each had a journey, and no matter how disheartening it brought with it an understanding and appreciation for the struggle along the way that made it worth it. More importantly, the theme of letting go and living in the moment was what struck me most about the book. Never take what you have for granted, enjoy it until the very last second and when the time comes have the courage to let it go. A beautiful book, with a wonderful backdrop that I will not likely soon forget.(less)

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Feb 27, 2012 Cynthia Haggard rated it 5 of 5 stars

A VINTAGE AFFAIR is the story of a friendship that ended in tragedy. Or rather, two friendships that ended in tragedy, both causing a tremendous amount of survivor guilt to both women involved. One story takes place in France during the second world war. The other is a contemporary story set in present-day London. But author Isabel Wolff is a talented story-teller who manages to weave these plot threads together in a way that does not seem cliched or predictable. And although I am generally not...more

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Jan 24, 2012 Amarilli rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, 2000s

Nutrivo forse troppe aspettative per questo titolo, che ho trovato invece tristemente banale.

Il romanzo mostra l'evoluzione dei sentimenti di una donna nei confronti del trauma per la perdita della sua migliore amica (parte questa che si riallaccia alla storia della signora Bell, sua cliente) e al contempo il modo in cui prova a riaprirsi a una storia d'amore.

Tanto per cominciare, non sono riuscita in nessun modo a sentirmi partecipe del dolore di Phoebe, la protagonista. Non basta la narrazione...more

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Dec 30, 2011 Bookgirlr rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a wonderful story about love, life and repentance. Phoebe’s struggle with her past touched my heart. I felt badly for her and wished for her to find happiness all the way through the novel. When she meets Mrs. Bell I was moved by their budding relationship and Phoebe’s search to bring her peace. The characters were so well formed that I was angry, for most of the novel, with Miles and Roxy. I fell deeply in love with Dan and was angry at Phoebe for not seeing what was right under her nos...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Phoebe's life has fallen apart. She recently broke off her engagement and her best friend has died tragically young. Nothing goes right for her until she takes refuge in the new boutique she has just opened that specializes in vintage clothing. It's a place where clothes--and memories--are cherished. Phoebe can't explain why some dresses were meant for certain women or why a dress might choose its owner. But these things happen in Village Vintage. These clothes empower, heal, and restore. Becaus...more
Phoebe's life has fallen apart. She recently broke off her engagement and her best friend has died tragically young. Nothing goes right for her until she takes refuge in the new boutique she has just opened that specializes in vintage clothing. It's a place where clothes--and memories--are cherished. Phoebe can't explain why some dresses were meant for certain women or why a dress might choose its owner. But these things happen in Village Vintage. These clothes empower, heal, and restore. Because of her shop, Phoebe finally begins to repair her own life, ultimately finding peace with her past and embracing the hope of a future filled with love... and vintage clothes.

Admittedly, my style sense runs more along the lines of Old-Na-vy rather than Bal-en-ci-a-ga. (But isn't Balenciaga possibly the funnest word that could ever roll off of your tongue?) I'm not interested in fashion and I think that money is better spent on books and vacations than on high-end clothes and bags. (In fact, this may be the reason that my husband married me.) But I can appreciate the luxurious and lavish descriptions of vintage clothes in A Vintage Affair. The details are so vibrant that Wolff creates the same sensuous* effect for clothes that Julia Child did for food in My Life in France. Julia Child had my nose twitching and my mouth salivating. Wolff makes me long to run my own fingers over lovely draping fabrics.

If you are reading on the bus, in the airport, or downtown outside on your lunch break, you might find me peering surreptitiously over your shoulder, trying to see what book you're holding. Book-stalking is a lovely supplement to one of my favorite activities: people-watching. If I know the book and love it, I might start a conversation with you, if you seem amenable to tucking your bookmark between the pages and talking to a manic bibliophile. And if you recommend a book to me, I'll probably read it, if only so I can then talk about it with you. And I love to engage Barnes and Noble employees in literary discussions. Once I entered into a good-natured argument with a cashier who processed my order and then asked me to wait so that she could help the next customer. She gave him his change and immediately turned back to me to resume our discussion. (By the way, it was an Outlander-related disagreement.) I read A Vintage Affair because of a recommendation of a girl with a lovely Creole accent who worked at a Barnes and Noble in Baton Rouge, LA.

Grade: 3/5 stars. It's not likely that I'll be back in Louisiana any time soon just to talk to my new Cajun friend about her recommendation. But in the midst of reading some heavy war literature, A Vintage Affair was a welcome light read that affirmed forgiveness and new beginnings. And the merits of going vintage.

* Though similar, the words sensuous and sensual have very different connotations.
The following scene took place on January 1, 2011:

My mom (with nostalgia): Remember when we went to the Rose Parade? What a sensual experience!

My dad: Well, I'm not sure what YOU were doing. But to me it was a sensuous experience.

http://rachelkiwi.blogspot.com/2011/1...(less)

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Oct 10, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

One of the marks of a good story is one in which an hour and a half has elapsed since you first opened to page one, and you find yourself suddenly halfway through the novel, with a distantly nagging thought that you were supposed to take your laundry out of the dryer fortyfive minutes ago. =P

This was a solidly unspectacular read, much like well-worn jeans or your favorite sweater that looks like it has seen better days but is still the coziest of your collection. And man, there are so many eleme...more

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Aug 30, 2011 LaKay rated it 4 of 5 stars

While I typically have a love of anything Vintage, that has not as of yet extended to my clothing choices. That being said,I really enjoyed the perspective this book offered on where that love of Vintage comes from. I've been saying for years that I love the idea of my "things" (furniture, bikes, surf boards, shoes, dishes) having a story to tell. I love to look around my house and think of all the romance that the items there have experienced - as well as the tears and shock and anger - the she...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Dee rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a lovely story and brought me to tears on a couple of occasions. I have always been a vintage shopper, although nothing quite as exquisite as the pieces that are sold in this shop. I've always shared the feeling with the main character about not just buying clothing, but about buying the history as well. A large part of my household is furnished with re-purposed items. I find the items and their possible stories very intriguing.

I loved how the author took the various threads of each st...more

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May 20, 2011 Angi rated it 1 of 5 stars

I wish this was a picture book. I don't know much about any fashions or designers, so I couldn't picture what she was discribing and I was too lazy to use the internet.

Honestly, I didn't care much for the book. I thought Ms. Wolff gave to...o much detail. She didn't leave enough for the reader's imagination. For example, Ms. Wolff told us over and over and over again that Phoebe felt terrible about Emma's death. She felt that way at the begining and through the middle- it didn't change until the...more

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May 19, 2011 Kitty rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book focuses on Phoebe Swift- a vintage clothing extraordinaire, proficient in all things classy from the 20′s to the 80′s. After the tragic death of her best friend, Phoebe takes life in her own hands. She quits her stable job as a Sotheby’s auctioneer, and opens her own vintage clothing store: The Village Vintage. Even though she takes more loans than she can afford, it becomes soon apparent. after the many news aricles and countless customers, that she is going to make it. But, as it turn...more

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Jan 04, 2011 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Whenever I have a stack of books pressuring me to get reading, I tend to "speed-read" so as to get to the next one. I didn't do that with this book, and I'm surprised at myself. I read each word and loved the reading.

There are some faults with this book - other GoodReads reviewers have mentioned them. And yes, I agree that it isn't a perfect book. However, since I went into this reading with very low expectation of enjoyment, I was pleasantly surprised (and maybe rated this a tad higher than I m...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Wanett rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This book is a little heavy on descriptive language, even for someone with an interest in sewing and a general enjoyment of flowery writing. I think anyone without some knowledge/interest in vintage clothing designers and styles would grow tired of the endless clothes descriptions. But, for people in the know or with a passion for vintage that would probably be the best thing about the story.

I think I would have stopped reading this if not for the question of what happened with Mrs....more

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Dec 06, 2010 rainbow3 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ken my postie delivered A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff into my hands this week (Nov 2nd wk), almost as soon as I had put down my last book The Death of Faith by Donna Leon. Really, I ought not have started reading A Vintage Affair immediately as there are so many books on my TBR pile, and I am working on reading and releasing the BookCrossing TBR’s I have had for a couple of years or, oh dear, longer. However, start reading it I did! With many thanks to bookcrosser Flutterbies9 for sending it...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Carolyn Hill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Though no fashionista, I am susceptible to the allure of beautiful things exquisitely made, especially with a history. So I was drawn into the world of Phoebe Swift, the proprietor of Village Vintage, a vintage clothing shop, in Blackheath, a suburban area of London (I looked it up). Phoebe is devastated by the death of her best friend, for which she blames herself and her fiance, and which causes their break-up. Phoebe's business distracts her from her painful memories, but while acquiring vint...more

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Nov 24, 2010 Erica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Vintage clothing is not only about style and grace for Phoebe Swift. These pieces contain fragments of the past and boundless stories of pleasure and heartbreak. She has just opened a vintage dress shop in a small town outside of London while she still copes with the recent loss of her best friend. Amid cupcake ‘50s prom dresses and the allure of designer threads, Wolff has spun a romantic tale of hidden secrets held within gorgeous fabrics and ornaments of style. Battling with ghosts from the p...more

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Oct 21, 2010 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Vintage Affair is the story of Pheobe Swift, a thirty-something Londoner who's quit her posh job as a Christies auctioner of vintage clothing, broken her engagement, has become the product of a broken home, and is living with the immense weight of guilt of a tragedy on her conscience. She tries to 'start again' by opening 'Village Vintage' in Blackheath in London and she meets a whole new array of friends and people through the beautiful clothes she sells. The book takes some interesting twist...more

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Oct 02, 2010 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. Phoebe, the protagonist, is someone I would want as a friend and the other characters in the book are well-drawn and believable. The story is lovely to read. I want a sequel!

Phoebe Swift has just opened a vintage clothing shop in the Blackheath neighborhood (of London, I think). The descriptions of the clothes will make you want to seek such a shop in your own neighborhood; they are detailed and desirable, even for someone not wildly interested in clothes (like me, bu...more

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Aug 26, 2010 Jenny rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is my first book by Ms. Wolff. I adore her writing style and felt connected to Phoebe from the first page. After a life changing trauma, Phoebe quits her job to open a vintage clothing store, her life-long dream, and that begins her journey that ultimately helps her recover from the trauma (don't want to give away any spoilers!). A newspaper article written by Dan opens many doors for her with the most compelling and heart wrenching one being Mrs. Bell. Mrs. Bell sells her vintage clothes t...more

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May 29, 2010 Brittany rated it 2 of 5 stars

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After the untimely death or her best friend Emma Kitts, Phoebe Swift decides to start over. She breaks off her engagement, quits her job, takes out a massive bank loan, and opens her own vintage clothing store, all while struggling to overcome her feelings of responsibility for Emma's death. The daily running of Village Vintage soon brings her in contact with many interesting people including:

Dan, a color-blind, spontaneous, film-buff and news reporter, who wants to open his own movie theater an...more

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Isabel Wolff was a journalist and BBC broadcaster before becoming a full time writer. Her nine novels to date have all been bestsellers and are published worldwide. 'The Very Picture of You' was published in the UK and the US in October 2011. 'A Vintage Affair', was an Amazon.co.uk 'Best of 2009' title, has been translated into 23 languages, and was the Barnes & Noble Recommends: Main Selectio...more

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