2023/061: A Song for Summer — Eva Ibbotson

2023/061: A Song for Summer — Eva Ibbotson

They clinked glasses. "Water is for the feet," she said obediently. And then: ‘Where does it come from, that toast?’
‘I got it from Stravinsky. He always says he conducts best with a couple of glasses of cognac inside him.' [p. 247]

An old favourite, reread for the first time in many years -- possibly since I first read, and reviewed, it in 1998. ( Read more... )