The Isle of Good Karma
by Alexander McCall Smith
£9.99
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Fiction
Reviews
McCall Smith has built a remarkable literary career on writing about goodness in human beings, and this standalone novel is no exception
The Scotsman
This feel-good novel set on the Isle of Lewis and in the Himalayas is evocative, entertaining, and thought-provoking
Scottish Field
It has all the good-natured cosiness cherished by his loyal readers... an undeniable twinkling charm
The Herald
Carries his usual cocktail of humanity and humour, but this time spiced with serendipity
Sunday Post
About the Book
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.
It’s never too late to make a change.
Single and approaching middle age, Maeve Macdonald feels she has reached a point at which, if she doesn’t do something drastic soon, life will have passed her by. And so, after twenty years of teaching, she gives up her career and leaves the only home she’s ever known in search of adventure.
As she prepares for this exciting new chapter in her life, travelling through South Asia, she finds that everything is going remarkably well – quite possibly things really are changing for the better. Karma, it appears, is on her side.
But not long after arriving in Nepal, her good luck seems to have run out: an injury puts a pause on her plans, and an unexpected fall nearly ends her new-found friendship with a handsome American called Charles.
Will Maeve have to abandon her trip and go back home alone? And will Charles be able to pluck up the courage to tell Maeve how he really feels before they go their separate ways?
The Author
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.
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