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  • Published: 1 April 2008
  • ISBN: 9781741666281
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99

The Shoe Queen




A tale of forbidden love and must-have shoes.

1920s Paris. The 'Crazy Years'. English society beauty Genevieve Shelby King parties to the utmost with the artists and writers of bohemian Montparnasse. She has a rich husband, a glamorous apartment and an enormous shoe collection. But there is something hollow at the centre of Genevieve's charmed life.
When she spots a pair of unique and exquisite shoes on the feet of her arch rival one night, her whole collection - indeed, everything she has - seems suddenly worthless. The exclusive designer Paolo Zachari, renowned for his fabulous shoes and his snobbish eccentricities, hand-picks his clients according to whim. And Zachari has determined to say no to Genevieve.
As her desire for the pair of unobtainable shoes develops into an obsession with their elusive creator, Genevieve's elaborately designed life comes under threat, and she is forced to confront the emptiness at its heart.

  • Published: 1 April 2008
  • ISBN: 9781741666281
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Anna Davis

Anna Davis is the author of the novels Cheet, Melting, The Dinner and The Shoe Queen, as well as short stories and journalistic articles. She is a former Guardian columnist and was awarded the first Arts Council of England Clarissa Luard award. Anna is in her early thirties, lives in London with her husband and two children, and works part-time for a leading literary agency.

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