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    The Revolving Door of Life
    The Revolving Door of Life
    The Revolving Door of Life
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Revolving Door of Life

    Written by Alexander McCall Smith

    Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie

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    About this audiobook

    Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 9, 2016
    ISBN9781501911613
    The Revolving Door of Life
    Author

    Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the award-winning series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he now devotes his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie series. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his work has been translated into forty-six languages. Before becoming a full-time writer he was for many years Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh.

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    • 5/5
      A delightful visit with the charming, inimitable inhabitants of Edinburgh
    • 4/5
      The 10th book in McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street series finds Irene Pollock still installed in the Bedouin harem and Bertie’ father Stuart, has asked his mother to come to Scotland from her home in Portugal to help him with the boys. This proves to be a bit of heaven for Bertie, as his grandmother approves of everything his mother despises and vice versa. So good-bye psychotherapy, yoga, and Italian lessons and hello pizza, kilts and visits to his friend, Ranald Braveheart McPherson.Meanwhile, Matthew & Elspeth find a secret room in their new house containing some valuable paintings. The Duke of Johannesburg is confronted by the heraldic police. Bruce is enlisted to distract Pat’s gather’s Czech girlfriend away from him. The Scottish Nudist are feuding with members in Glasgow, and Irene returns, but Bertie’s grandmother does not leave.Once again, these books are a cure for what ails you, and I hope this series goes on forever.
    • 5/5
      Calm, casual, charming, witty, intriguing, oddly thought-provoking, sometimes captivating, and sweetly honest though occasionally Machiavellian, Alexander McCall Smith’s tenth Scotland Street novel continues to gather its characters in, scatter them apart (poor Irene, still trapped in a harem leaving Bertie free to avoid psychotherapy!), and invite readers into the intricacies of vastly different lives. The nudists might catch cold in an Edinburgh park; the little brother might look too much like the therapist; the house might have a genuine secret room; and the seller might have secrets. But it’s all resolved with pleasing conversation, light-hearted banter, and the occasional oddly scary flight into deepening darkness. Coffee and stronger brews are drunk. Streets are walked, or travelled by bus. Edinburgh comes to life, as always in these books, and the reader learns as much from what’s not said as from what’s written down. A quick read if you’re a fast reader, and an easy read to pick up and put down if you’re not, this is a book where the world turns, the people turn to each other, and love is still there behind all our trials and tribulations. An enjoyable novel.Disclosure: A friend gave me a copy to add to my library. Thank you!
    • 3/5
      Gentle humor and wisodm. As expected for this series.
    • 4/5
      When I read a book, I either want it to entertain me, or take me somewhere new. Fates and Furies seemed to sit like a rock on my Kindle. It didn’t entertain me and the place it took me was not a place I wanted to go. This was a book I trudged through because I saw it on a number of lists. Maybe it’s aimed not at some retired reader, but a younger person who is still creating their life. I kept wanting to say “GROW UP.” Enough with the sex and the non-responsibility. The book was character driven but I could not create empathy for any of the characters except Aunt Susie. She seemed real and grounded in this world of wealth.
    • 5/5
      Yet another wonderful installment of "44 Scotland Street". I never get tired of this particular series by McCall Smith. The biggest attraction here (at least for me) is, of course, the precocious 7-year-old Bertie. This time the title really reflects what is happening to him. And I sense there should be a continuation - it definitely finished on that sort of note for Bertie. Other characters are unique as well: with all their quirks and how they see themselves and each other, and all the discussions on morality and ethics. And last but not least, the author's pride and love of his Scotland.