A promise of ankles
Large print - 2021
From the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series comes the latest adventures of Bertie and his family and friends. The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux. While Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully warm and witty comedy takes some surprising turns, the improbab...le adventures of this quirky cast of Scots will affirm the heart and joy in Edinburgh's New Town.
- Series
- McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- 44 Scotland Street series ;
14.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Humorous fiction
Detective and mystery fiction - Published
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Thorndike, Maine :
Center Point Large Print
2021.
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Regular print version previously published by: Anchor Books, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
"This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper."
Sequel to: The peppermint tea chronicles. - Physical Description
- 431 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781643588247
1643588249 - Main Author
- Other Authors
"The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of thepas de deux. While the tale takes some surprising turns, the improbable adventures of this quirky cast of Scots will affirm the heart and joy in Edinburgh's New Town"--
Review by Publisher Summary 2For the residents of 44 Scotland Street, life in Edinburgh's intriguing New Town is a thing to be relished. After all, there are new faces to excite Domenica's anthropological imagination, precious moments with his triplets for Matthew to savor, and the prospect of a trip to the promised land of Glasgow for young Bertie.