The Matchbox Girl - September 2025 PREM1ER Edition Michael Stephen Fuchs The ex-prostitute Claudia has inveigled

The ex-prostitute Claudia has inveigled her way into marriage with a wealthy wine merchant

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The Matchbox Girl - September 2025 PREM1ER Edition Michael Stephen Fuchs The ex-prostitute Claudia has inveigledFrom the multi award winning author a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl's battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna Adelheid Brunner does not speak. She writes and draws instead and her ambition is to own one thousand matchboxes. Her grandmother cannot make sense of this, but Adelheid will stop at nothing to achieve her dream. She makes herself invisible, hiding in cupboards with her pet rat,