Love in the Time of Bertie: A 44 Scotland Street Novel

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Upstairs, at 44 Scotland Street, his father Stuart is powerless to stop over-bearing Irene and her determination that Bertie will travel to deepest, coldest Aberdeen on a three-month sojourn.

His career has been a varied one: for many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the United Kingdom and abroad.Many of the characters live in apartments at 44 Scotland Street - and others are their neighbors, friends and acquaintances. At the Edinburgh College of Art at the time, shoes were being worn, of course, but these shoes were concepts or statements, rather than shoes simpliciter. The latest installment in the delightful 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents up to their usual hilarious hijinks.

Domenica MacDonald cultivates a friendship with Tarquin, one of the downstairs student neighbours, and they have some stimulating conversations.A perfect way to relax, enjoying another opportunity to look in on the lives of Bertie and the other residents of 44 Scotland Street. There are tribulations as well as celebrations in this the next instalment in the 44 Scotland Street series. Love blooms at last for Big Lou when she meets big-hearted Fat Bob, a highland games strongman and Bruce has a life-threatening experience that changes his life. And of course, there’s young Bertie Pollock, whose starry-eyed explorations of Edinburgh’s New Town are a touching reminder that life itself is an adventure and there’s joy to be found wherever you choose to look.