A Vintage Affair (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Phoebe Swift: Main character. She owns the shop, Village Vintage, and the novel focuses on her shop-keeping, love-life, familial-life, and friendship with an octogenarian who has deep regrets from WWII.
• Therese Laurent Bell: Elderly French woman who sells vintage clothing to Phoebe and tells Phoebe a story she's kept to herself for more than sixty five years.
• Emma Kitts: Friend of Phoebe's since childhood
• Dan Robinson: Newsapaper reporter who interviews Phoebe
• Guy: Former fiancee of Phoebe
• Miles Archant: Dating Phoebe
• Roxy Archant: Daughter of Miles
• Annie: Assistant to Phoebe at Village Vintage
• Therese: An elderly woman with a secret.
• Monique: A Jewish girl who is sent to Auschwitz.
• Matt: A partner in the Black and Green newspaper.
• Katie: A sixteen year-old in need of a dress for a big event.
• Miriam Lipietzka: Monique's best friend with whom she corresponds after her family moves.
• Louis: Phoebe's half-brother. The baby born when her father has an affair.
• Lena: Monique's daughter.
• Jean-Luc: A boy in Monique and Therese's class. They both have a crush on him.
• Ruth: The woman who becomes Phoebe's step-mother after her father has an affair.
• Keith: The boyfriend of one of Phoebe's customers. He's a jerk.
• Val: The seamstress who fixes the vintage clothing which needs repair before Phoebe can sell it.
• Sarah: Katie's friend.
• Pascal: Miles's cousin.
• Maggie: She's a medium who lives next to Val. She goes by Mags.
• Rick: He's an American supplier who provides Phoebe with prom dresses and handbags for her store.
• Luke Kramer: A man who passes on a message from Phoebe to Miriam Lipietzka.
• Derek: Emma's father.
• Kelly Marks: She's Keith's girlfriend who later becomes a major player in his downfall.
• Cecile: Wife of Pascal.
• Lucy: One of Phoebe's customers.
• Daphne: Emma's mother.
• Mum: Phoebe's mother.
• Sue Rix: Mrs. Bell's nurse.

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• Village Vintage: Phoebe's vintage dress shop in Blackheath
• Avignon
• Blackheath
• France
• London
• Paris
• Auschwitz
• Provence
• Oxfam
• South Africa
• Canada
• Rochemare
• Drancy
• Germany

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• Sotheby's: A well-known auction house.

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• The Blue Coat: Describe this theme.
• Atonement
• Self-discovery
• Self acceptance
• Independence
• Lessons from the past
• Closure
• Moving forward

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1. Isabel Wolff (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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• Isabel Wolff official website

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