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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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 To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense sermons and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions.

But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster.

Soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; and Angus finds himself facing a large Glaswegian gangster bearing gifts....

©2009 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2009 Hachette Digital City Life Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban
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