Dancing on Snowflakes (Ulverscroft Romance) [LARGE PRINT].

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 scenes consist of almost random, though entertaining, gossip between characters-but the charm runs out when Macdonald (All Desires Known) tacks on a forced ending involving Katya's rescue by the flatly portrayed Count Hamilton. The ending works against what the novel sets out to do: affirm Katya's emerging independence from her parents and her sharpened insights about the men who pursue her. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: Katy O'Barry, nee Katarina Oberg, is banished from her parents' Dublin home in 1897 when she falls madly in love with the wrong person during her social season. She's to stay with her strict, straight-laced aunt and uncle in Stockholm. With the help of male and female acquaintances, some more bizarre than others, Katy manages to go out on her own, maintain her integrity as a Victorian maiden, learn about growing up, and fall in love with the proper person. Macdonald's (To the End of Her Days, LJ 7/94) style resembles a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta with sardonic twists; MacDonald fans will love this romp. Most libraries will want to purchase. Alice DiNizo, Raritan P.L., N.J. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.