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As with most short story collections that are cobbled instead of created on purpose, this is uneven; and it's both slightly irritating and fascinating to trace Ibbotson's repeated themes and motifs. Russia, ballet, affairs, estates, milk-teeth necklaces: they seem to have been to Ibbotson what pianists, lecherous old roues, marine life, and spaghetti sauce were to Madeleine L'Engle.