the morning gift is a beautiful classic romance from much loved author eva ibbotson ruth lives in the beautiful city of vienna and is wildly in love with heini radik a brilliant young pianist but her world is about to change foreverwhen hitlers forces invade ruths family flees to london but she is unable to get a passport quin a young professor and friend of the family visits ruth and in an effort to bring her back to london he offers a marriage of convenience as ruth throws herself into her london life quin begins to fall desperately in love with her things are further complicated by the arrival of heini