Dancing on Snowflakes (Ulverscroft Romance) by Malcolm MacDonald - 1995-06

Ulverscroft Large Print, 1-Jun-95. LARGE PRINT, Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice book! Very mild wear on pictorial cover, a few library stamps, no marks in text. From Publishers Weekly: When Katya Oberg of Dublin falls for a scoundrel, her parents decide to pack her off to her aunt and uncle in Stockholm. But Katya never appears at her relatives' house. Instead, she sets out on her own in the Swedish city and finds lodging with Rose, a fallen duchess who seems to have been intimate with many a nobleman, and Max, a rich, gossipy man-about-town who takes it upon himself to enlighten Katya about how a proper lady in 1898 should behave. This, not surprisingly, involves a double standard for men and women, but quickwitted, spunky Katya breaks most of the rules of class decorum: she imbibes alcohol, argues with gentlemen in public and finds a job at a local hotel. There is some charm in Macdonald's careful descriptions of clothes and interior design, and in the aimlessness of the plot-many… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.