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by David Rintoul,Alexander McCall Smith

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David Rintoul,Alexander McCall Smith

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978-1445018522

ISBN:

1445018527

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English

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Isis Audio Books; Unabridged edition edition (March 1, 2012)

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Fiction

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Contemporary

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Bertie plays the blues. Praise for Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street series. Other Books by This Author.

Bertie plays the blues. Bertie did not hold it against Ranald Braveheart Macpherson that his friend had so quickly buckled under adult pressure and accused him of engineering the abortive Glasgow trip. Ranald was unreliable – he had long since come to understand that – and he was also not particularly courageous, in spite of his name, with its unlikely William Wallace associations.

She’s the problem, isn’t she? Bertie looked down at the floor. Tofu says she’s a cow, said Ranald. Is that true, Bertie? Bertie kept his eyes fixed to the floor.

Bertie Plays the Blues book. I always close the last page of an Alexander McCall Smith book feeling so enriched, both emotionally and intellectually

Bertie Plays the Blues book. I always close the last page of an Alexander McCall Smith book feeling so enriched, both emotionally and intellectually. Each page is so full of wisdom and interesting details that I have to read each slowly, savoring their depth and meaning. I frequently find myself looking up further information about the Scottish and European history and people to which Smith refers (like the Oberammergau Passion Play - how interesting!) or finding definitions of words that aren't even part of my daily lexicon.

Written by Alexander McCall Smith, Audiobook narrated by David Rintoul. Bertie Plays The Blues. 44 Scotland Street, Book 7. By: Alexander McCall Smith. Narrated by: David Rintoul. Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 7. Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins.

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects. 74. Unhappiness Revealed. 75. 76. The Oleaginous Bruce. 77. Danish Pastries in the Pleasure Gardens. For many years he was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and served on national and international bioethics bodies. Then in 1999 he achieved global recognition for his award-winning series The N. Ladies’ Detective Agency, and thereafter has devoted his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and Corduroy Mansions series.

Narrated by David David Rintoul. Books related to Bertie Plays The Blues. The World According To Bertie. Alexander McCall Smith. Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune? About this title.

Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book .

Yes, it's typically Smith's - the characters that make you smile and laugh and even cry. Yes, it has a "plot," of sorts, but that's just not the right word.

Alexander McCall Smith. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart.

Blue shoes and happiness, Part 690. Smith, Alexander McCall - Tears of the Giraffe. Smith Alexander McCall. 225 Kb, en.

Domestic bliss seems in short supply at 44 Scotland Street. Over at the Pollocks, dad, Stuart, is harbouring a secret about a secret society and Bertie is feeling kind of blue. Having had enough of his neurotic hot-housing mother, he puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Will he go to the highest bidder or will he have to take matters into his own hands? Will the lovelorn Big Lou find true love on the internet? And will Angus Lordie and Domenica make it up the aisle? Catch up with all your favourite faces down in 44 Scotland Street as we follow their daily pursuit of a little happiness.

Xlisiahal

Alexander McCall Smith continues the saga of Scotland Street's inhabitants in this charming addition to the series. Bertie has some amazing and alarming ideas, Matthew is a new dad and finding THAT alarming. Big Lou is finding happiness, hopefully, and Irene seems to be getting a well deserved comeuppance. Angus and Cyril and Domenica are wondering how things are or are not going to work out. A gentle, amusing, and wonderfully entertaining book. Alexander McCall Smith's writing flows along smoothly and I find myself smiling, even laughing out loud at the sheer pleasure of wonderful words put together just right. The only problem is how long it is between books, but then again, patience pays off in such enjoyable reading.

Querlaca

I've been avidly following Bertie and his neighbors since the beginning, but I was so disappointed in this slow-moving, dare I say boring, offering from Alexander McCall Smith that I'm seriously contemplating giving up on what used to be a delightful group of characters. First of all, this book doesn't give us much to chew on with regard to little Bertie and his travails with his over-bearing mother Irene. And Bertie's father, Stuart, is practically absent from the story. The long, drawn out tale of Domenica and Angus and their engagement is uninteresting, and Elspeth and Matthew and the tripletts.... Maybe it's time to let this bunch go quietly into the sunset? I believe I'm done with them in any event, but I am a sucker for the serial, so we shall see. I know next time around at the very least I will first try a sample rather than sign up for advance purchase and risk this kind of let down.

Kulalbine

This is another delightful book by Alexander McCall Smith, the story enlightening us on what has been going on with Bertie. Bertie is such a sweet character, the storyline in this book of Bertie wishing to be adopted so he will have parents that will never embarrass him again. His parents have us laughing about their latest escapades, only bringing horror to smart and kind Bertie. Get cozied up in your favorite reading spot, ready not to leave it for quite awhile, as you will not want to put down the book, swiftly turning the pages as you read with fascination about the latest adventures of Bertie!

Sermak Light

In this 7th volume of the saga there are some real developments in the lives of the characters followed since book 1.

Having just read the previous book, it was disconcerting that the author changed the facts about assistants at the gallery, though with very little impact on the action.

Stewart joined a lodge behind Irene's back, but Bertie's inability to lie brought the truth out in the open. By the end of the book Irene began to reevaluate her parenting style after Bertie ran away to be adopted like his friend Ranald.

The author continued to make the weak but kind Matthew be ineffectual in his life, making a stupid decision with his inherited money. One wants to like him but his actions make one despair of him as he starts his life as a father of 3. His wife normally keeps him from acting too stupid, but in her postpartum depression and tiredness, she initiates a silly move that results in his showing his ineptitude while trying to be a good husband.

As with other books in the series it doesn't really stand alone if one wants to enjoy the development of the characters and action. This book does have some real movement and ends with a forthcoming wedding and possible new love for Big Lou.

It is a worthy successor to previous volumes and has more action than some of its predecessors.

Abandoned Electrical

See the beautiful city of Edinburgh through the eyes of the current and former inhabitants of 44 Scotland Street and its surroundings as Alexander McCall Smith catches up with them once again in this splendid new novel. Matthew and Elsbeth, the new parents of triplets, see it through the tired eyes that are hungry for sleep and desperate for a little peace in their lives, despite their enormous love for their three tiny little boys (even if they can't tell them apart!) Angus and Domenica, so recently engaged, see it through the rose-tinted eyes of love as they prepare for their upcoming wedding and face the questions that all such couples ask themselves prior to making that huge commitment. The chance for love also appears to be on the horizon for Big Lou - will this be the man that she's been waiting for so long or will he just disappoint her like the rest? Pat, too, is facing questions of her own heart as she reconnects with her old flames Matthew and Bruce. Finally, little Bertie Pollock sees it through eyes filled with unhappiness as he continues to try to cope with his overbearing mother and aggravating classmates in his need to be "just a little boy." At the same time, his own father is learning to stand up for himself against his wife in subtle and somewhat subversive ways.

I always close the last page of an Alexander McCall Smith book feeling so enriched, both emotionally and intellectually. Each page is so full of wisdom and interesting details that I have to read each slowly, savoring their depth and meaning. I frequently find myself looking up further information about the Scottish and European history and people to which Smith refers (like the Oberammergau Passion Play - how interesting!) or finding definitions of words that aren't even part of my daily lexicon. It's no wonder these books take twice the time to read as any others! It is always time well spent, however. McCall Smith's humor is also prominent here (my favorite examples? Olive's belief that God's method of punishment is pulling out the offenders fingernails, one by one or Tofu's belief that war is made through tickling!) I absolutely loved this book and felt that it was one of the best in the series. I was a bit sad at the end, though, for it seems that everyone has come to a happy point in their lives (even my favorite little guy Bertie) and I wonder if Smith will end the series here. I truly hope not, for I love every visit to Scotland Street and look forward to many more.

Yggdi

Dear little Bertie, suffering through Italian lessons, yoga, psychoanalysis, and the rest, is still trying to make sense of this world passed to him by adults. Meanwhile, the adults are still making the same attempt at understanding, with degrees of success that are both different and changing. We wish them, and ourselves, luck!

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