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    The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
    The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
    The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

    Written by Alexander McCall Smith

    Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie

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    About this audiobook

    The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy-just ask his mother. Featuring all the quirky characters we have come to know and love, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking his escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound strength and resolve, while Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual. Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie. With his customary deftness, Alexander McCall Smith once again brings us an absorbing and entertaining tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters--all set in the beautiful, stoic city of Edinburgh.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 5, 2010
    ISBN9781440784361
    The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
    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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    • 4/5
      The latest installment in the Scotland Street series, covering the antics and foibles of a motley cast of characters in the overgrown village which is Edinburgh. While nothing ever quite gets wound up, he at least explains in the introduction of this volume that his aim is to describe real life, not tell a story in the sense of having a beginning, a middle and an end.McCall Smith keeps a light touch, and continues the tradition of telling small, yet poignant, stories in the ordinary lives of these upper-middle class characters. The developments in "Scones" should be pleasantly surprising for those following the series. An enjoyable, quick read for a rainy Edinburgh day!
    • 4/5
      Delightful like the rest of the series, full of wit, insight and humor. The only thing in this book that was not totally convincing were the chapters regarding Bruce.
    • 5/5
      I love Alexander Mc Call Smith's work and the narrator is wonderful. I'm so glad these books are available on Scribdl
    • 2/5
      Has its moments but overall I found it very average. This is the sort of book your mother will love.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed it immensely, more than the previous one, the first one in this series which I've read. I think it's partly because I'm more familiar with the characters, and also because I was slightly distracted by the blurb in the other book which mentioned a minor plot point which I waited for ages to arrive. I think the blurb writer, given the intertwined nature of the stories and the lack of major plot points, seized on something to mention which actually was one of loads of details in the life of a character.
    • 3/5
      I probably shouldn't have jumped directly into the middle of this series, but this was the book I acquired. I like Smith's dry humor, and the vivid characters he created, but there really wasn't a story line running through the entire book. It's more like a continuing look at these characters lives as they evolve. From a character standpoint I enjoyed it, but I couldn't really find the "story."
    • 4/5
      More doings in Scotland Street - Matthew marries Elspeth and they have an eventful honeymoon in Perth Australia, Angus is given a very valuable painting by Lard O'Connor, Domenica is finding time hanging heavily on her hands and misjudges Antonia, Bruce turns over a new leaf after being treated the way he has treated others and Bertie joins cubs with Tofu and Olive and almost escapes the clutches of his weekly psychotherapy.
    • 4/5
      Not quite as good as his previous novels in this series, but delightful nonetheless.
    • 4/5
      Still the same characters (mostly). It's pretty light and fluffy but I love his wry observations of everyday interactions.
    • 4/5
      This instalment of the 44 Scotland Street saga is an enjoyable read, as ever, and one of McCall Smith's best titles. It doesn't really add a great deal to the development of either the story or the characters, though: the appalling Bruce gets his come-uppance yet again, and shows signs of an unlikely reform, but that's about it. No really major comic set-pieces.
    • 5/5
      Delightful, witty, as usual. We need more books like this!
    • 4/5
      My favorite character is Bertie and I root for him all through the.book.
    • 4/5
      I've come into this series in the middle, reading this one because it has some incidents set where I live (Perth, WA). The interweaving tales of characters from Edinburgh are delightful, funny, poingnant and very human. I will be reading (and buying) more...
    • 4/5
      This is another in the 44 Scotland St. series. Enjoyable but vaguely disappointing in the end as there is not really any character development other than Bruce. The others are pretty much in the same circumstances, doing the same thing--though there are hints that things may change in the next book.