TY - BOOK AU - Wolff,Isabel TI - A vintage affair: a novel T2 - Random House reader's circle SN - 9780553386622 (pbk.) : AV - PR6073.O355 V56 2011 U1 - 823/.914 22 PY - 2011///, c2009 CY - New York PB - Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks/Random House KW - Women dressmakers KW - Fiction KW - Vintage clothing KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - France KW - Blackheath (London, England) KW - Love stories N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Therese Bell, an elderly Frenchwoman, has an impressive clothing collection. But among the array of smart suits and couture gowns, London dressmaker Phoebe finds a child's sky-blue coat--an item with which Bell is stubbornly reluctant to part. As the two women become friends, Phoebe will learn the tale of that little blue coat. And she will discover an astonishing connection between herself and Therese Bell--one that will help her heal the pain of her own past and allow her to love again ER -