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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones – Alexander McCall Smith
Book on CD performed by Robert Ian Mackenzie.
3***
Book number five in the 44 Scotland Street series, featuring the residents of a particular apartment building in Edinburgh, as well as a few of their neighbors. All the regulars are here: Bertie, his mother Irene, his dad Stuart, Matthew, Elspeth, Brian, Angus (and his dog Cyril), Domenica and Big Lou. There’s a wedding, a possible romance, and a breakup. Bertie joins the scouts, but still can’t get away from Olive. Angus tries to help Domenica with a neighbor dispute and just gets in deeper. And Cyril, that scamp, has fathered a litter of SIX puppies!
I really enjoy reading these books; they are just a lovely summer delight for me. It’s like visiting with old friends. This one, like all the episodes in the series, bounces around from character to character, so the reader gets a glimpse of Bertie, then of Angus, then of Matthew, etc. It’s the same way we frequently experience our friendships. You don’t learn someone’s entire life story in one sitting but get snippets here and there before you eventually truly feel you know him or her.
Robert Ian Mackenzie does a marvelous job of narrating the audiobook. He has a lot of characters to deal with and he is up to the task.
LINK to my review