The right attitude to rain /
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
The right attitude to rain / - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon, c2006. - 276 p. ; 22 cm.
"An Isabel Dalhousie novel"--Jacket.
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce, a bigwig at home in Texas, several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fianc�ee's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mama's boy. Of course Grace and Isabel's friend Jamie counsel Isabel to stay out of all of it, but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake, when to tell the truth and when to keep one's mouth shut.
0375423001 9780375423000
2006043214
Women editors--Fiction.
Housekeepers--Fiction.
Americans--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Large type books.
PR6063.C326 / R54 2006
823/.914
The right attitude to rain / - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon, c2006. - 276 p. ; 22 cm.
"An Isabel Dalhousie novel"--Jacket.
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce, a bigwig at home in Texas, several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fianc�ee's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mama's boy. Of course Grace and Isabel's friend Jamie counsel Isabel to stay out of all of it, but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake, when to tell the truth and when to keep one's mouth shut.
0375423001 9780375423000
2006043214
Women editors--Fiction.
Housekeepers--Fiction.
Americans--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Large type books.
PR6063.C326 / R54 2006
823/.914