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The novel habits of happiness / Alexander McCall Smith.

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"From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland which he couldn't possibly know, and a house there, where he claims to have spent his former life. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate his claims, she feels she must--of course!--help them learn the truth, and she and Jamie set off for the island. But finding the house the boy described only leads to more complicated questions. And when they learn the tragic story of the family who lived there, Isabel is suddenly faced with a situation of extraordinary delicacy that will require all of her skills both as sleuth and philosopher. (Meantime, back in Edinburgh: Will an elderly lothario take Grace, her stalwart housekeeper, companion and babysitter, away from Isabel? Would Isabel be able to manage without Grace?)"-- Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307361936
  • ISBN: 0307361934
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource : maps.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Alfred A. Knoff Canada, [2015]

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General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women philosophers > Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction.
Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character)
Women philosophers.
Scotland > Edinburgh.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Electronic books.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

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