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

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He wore the shoes to his father’s funeral, and as he and farming neighbours carried him to his final rest, a tear fell from Angus’s eye onto the cap of one of the shoes. This was a matter of regret, Angus felt, even if he himself was doing nothing to stem that particular tide of fashion. If the Scottish diet had become Mediterranean, then Scottish furniture had become Scandinavian – light and minimalist, consigned to its owners in flat boxes and requiring to be assembled before use – and then reassembled, once the instruction booklet had been read.

He gives me hope for the future all these kids bring raised and taught by the PC culture and he's having none of it.

Bruce finds himself involved in a real estate scheme that's illegal but he doesn't want to lose face with his peers especially as one of them is an old school mate.

Warm hearted, humorous and always wonderfully wise, Love in the Time of Bertie offers philosophical insight as well as sartorial elegance.My sincere thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley for the absolute privilege of reading this most charming series. Earlier stand alone novels include 'La’s Orchestra Saves the World' and 'Trains and Lovers: A Hearts Journey'. Thus a lecture entitled 'New Directions in Scottish Conceptual Art,' where the speaker states 'we don't need paintings, we need experiences,' leaves Angus worried about the future of Scottish painting.

Warm hearted, humorous and wonderfully wise, Love in the Time of Bertie offers philosophical insight as well as sartorial elegance. Two of these were linen, and formed the core of his summer garb, while the others were of an unidentified fabric that Angus referred to as one hundred per cent un-natural.

We all know the range and breadth of Alexander’s writing, not all of it comic but much of it SO comic it keeps us afloat through dark times. A perfect way to relax, enjoying another opportunity to look in on the lives of Bertie and the other residents of 44 Scotland Street. But a chance meeting with Sister Maria Fiore gives him a twinge of conscience but he's not sure if he can back out now.