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The Importance of Being Seven

44 Scotland Street Series, Volume 6

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The Importance of Being Seven

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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Despite inhabiting a great city renowned for its impeccable restraint, the extended family of 44 Scotland Street is trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence. Matthew and Elspeth receive startling – and expensive – news on a visit to the Infirmary, Angus and Domenica are contemplating an Italian ménage a trois, and even Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery.

But when Bertie Pollock - six years old and impatient to be seven - mislays his meddling mother Irene one afternoon, a valuable lesson is learned: that wish-fulfilment is a dangerous business.

Warm-hearted, wise and very funny, The Importance of Being Seven brings us a fresh and delightful set of insights into philosophy and fraternity among Edinburgh’s most loveable residents.

©2010 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2010 Hachette Digital Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt
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Please do this properly. No one wants the abridged version we want all the details of the characters

Why Abridged - who wants that

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I love Scotland street series and really it is mainly enjoyable because it is so long and meandering!! Thus to find this is an abridged version was so disappointing… the whole point of these books is to hear all the thinking

Abridged version!!!!

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We were disappointed that this book was not the full book . Unfortunately this is the only edition available.

Beware this is abridged

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